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att	2015-11-08 , 10:44
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Originally Posted by mikecomputing

SFOS still missing features that almost all devices has support for today such as bluetooth profiles(RFCOM?), usb host mode etc... and QT API to use internal/external sensors, bluetooth etc.

The first iPhone came out with ZERO APIs (no third party application support) and even at that time Nokia phones had very wide APIs to do communication with outside world. Still the first iPhone sold like hotcakes.

And the APIs will come but it takes time. It took long time for Nokia Symbian, iPhone and Android. It will also take time for Sailfish OS.

Originally Posted by mikecomputing

It is a really shame every time I see a youtube clip where they use some Android device to connect to a sensor or STM32 Nucleo, Arduino etc... I often think: "Hey that I should do with my Jolla Phone" then I realise: "I need that X API, lets see if Qt has this. I should forget this I need Qt 5.4 making that work " or "I need USB Hostmode"

I think there is a difference. In Sailfish OS there are lower level "Linux" APIs available for many of things even if the higher level APIs are not yet there. So writing that kind of apps requires more work right now with Sailflish OS but it is possible compared to other more closed platforms.