Hi guys, I've been reading this forum with interest, as I've been idling around here since the N9 and then Jolla days.

As you may guess, my schedule right now is nightmarish, but I'd like to try and find some time every now and then to answer any questions you might have. I know we have made and will make choices not everyone will agree with, but we are aiming to build a truly special user experience and a unique platform.

I think one topic that hasn't really been touched on is how Solu really works as a user experience. This is no mere dumb terminal, as it aims to bring as much of the content onto the device as possible, using it as a huge cache. It works disconnected. We built it around a subscription model so we can offer a full service, and to continue to support this month after month. That means pretty much all the storage you can eat, full history (think, automatic versioning of the whole desktop, and individual app environments) and, very importantly, to bring revenue to developers (even opensource ones!) just from the fact that users use their applications. A real incentive to develop, which I think Jolla, unfortunately, has lacked (though I respect their efforts a lot, and own a Jolla myself).

But what really pushes the boundaries is how the desktop works. There is no longer a separation between applications and content. You simply zoom in on whatever you want to work on. When you share, you share both the content, and the app or tool to manipulate that. The others in your team or group do not have to install anything. They simply zoom in to use the content, and to start collaboration. And yes, all of this works both offline and online, with merging happening in the background.

This is a massive vision, and it will take a while for the world to grasp the implications, but we really honestly think this is how computers should work today.