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pango	2014-08-29 , 00:12
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Originally Posted by benny1967

Oh Jesus!
Now is this true?
Really?

That sounds very strange indeed. That they want to make sure test devices have the latest stable production firmware and not some internal, half-baked one that'll never make it beyond testing. How strange. Sure, who knows what sailors hacked on their own devices? Maybe they even installed Google services that must not be part of any Jolla distribution? But hey, how incredible bureaucratic of Jolla to make sure testers and reviewers get the same experience as paying customers. Hard to believ indeed.

That wasn't really what I was surprised of, though. Had the response just been along the lines of "make sure you don't run an internal development version OS" or "can you make sure the phone has the latest consumer firmware on it?", I would have completely understood, as those are both work in progress and obviously private. That would be completely understandable, but of course that really wasn't the response - and he didn't say they want the press running the consumer release, but some specific release.

I was surprised by the controlling attitude when it came to blogger relations, that is true. Maybe I still expected a more easy, more agile approach from Jolla. As said, maybe I shouldn't have been surprised. They do seem to have a very controlled image, part of which is may of course be related to their unwillingness to host certain discussions in public.