”We’re proud of the support from our Bridge program to start-ups founded by former Nokia people,” Durrant told us, “but we have not gifted Nokia patents to any of them, including Jolla.”

I personally have no problem with the whole Apple patents brouhaha. Steve Jobs did a miraculous job on "dumbing-down" the smart phone, to the point where it now has no buttons at all, and the only thing the user can do is finger-paint on it. The touchscreen may seem like a cool approach to a user interface, but it also subtly locks the user into being merely a consumer of information, never a producer.

The rest of the cell phone industry has blindly rushed down the rabbit hole right behind Apple. The jury really was right -- the whole world now is filled with iPhones and iPhone wannabes. These corporations needed a good smack in the side of the head to remind them that Apple's way is not the only possible way to design products. Stuff like pinch-to-zoom is popular because Apple made it popular, not because it is necessarily the best way to do things.

Right now, I don't see _anyone_ trying to actually compete with Apple. The default response seems to be what Nokia did -- just give up, dump your entire internal R&D department, and license the latest iOS clone from Microsoft or Google. Maybe if Apple wins enough patent cases, somebody will get the hint and go back to designing a device that isn't an iPhone.

https://defendinnovation.org

http://www.meegoexperts.com/2012/08/...jolla-friends/

I really doubt they'll use a resistive screen if they want to reach any kind of mass market, plus in China/Shenzen you have to choice of a capacitive or resistive with a slight difference in price.

i really want to see the : Jolla company overview and technical presentations

I can't believe there are people who still believe Jolla will produce anything. They have spent more energy tweeting than manufacturing.

You don't have a clue what jolla has produced so far. Mr Lumiatroll.com

and i dont believe you waste your energy to be exist on maemo.org

Max 120 days before we know anything more and jolla reaveal its first product. It's a long....

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Lets hope for a cool marketing campain.

I want the device to sail from finland to china, and release a new movie and a new thing about the device every day until you get the complete picture the last day. And on the way I want the jolla ship to sink other ships sailed by android, iphone and windows phones.