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Kein
2013-12-15 , 05:45
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I think the more pertinent question is, "Can Jolla survive the next 6 months?" The smartphone industry is so fiercely competitive that Jolla would be hard pressed to survive if it made all the right moves but it has made so many wrong moves that it is like a comedy of errors. Among them are:
1) Taking too long to come out with Sailfish when the world has more or less consolidated into two major platforms - ios and Android.
2) Putting in Android compatibility instead of Harmattan apps compatibility. Android compatibility stunts the development of native apps while Harmattan compatibility would be an upgrade path for millions of N9 users plus ensured a pool of quality apps at launch.
3) Doing nothing to promote the development of native apps - no developer units, no developer programs, no contests, no resources and leaving the SDK in an alpha state until the phone was about to launch. Result - almost no native apps at launch.
4) Refusing to prioritize the shipping of early units to
developers begging for them
in order to test and release native apps. Strictly going on a first ordered first served basis resulted in early units being flogged off on e-bay and auction houses for insane prices.
5) Having no option for paid apps in Jolla store which will again stunt the development of native apps. Isn't this a higher priority than sending out T-shirts?
6) Not setting up a bug tracker and saying they have
no time to read bugs so don't send them any bug reports
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7) Wasting their 5 mins of fame and free publicity by launching a buggy beta os unfit for general users. Jolla may improve its os later but will the world know about it?
The world doesn't care if Jolla is a small start-up or not. The question is, "After the group of open source geeks, nostalgic Meego enthusiasts and patriotic Finns have been satisfied who will Jolla sell their phones to?" General users have NO REASON to buy a phone for its Android compatibility when they can buy an Android phone. The only thing that can save Jolla is a pool of quality native apps but Jolla is unable to see this even though the lesson of BB10 is plain for all to see.
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