Nokia ex-employees to revive Meego
So, what happens when a brand new smartphone operating system is fully built and ready for large-scale deployment but ends up being left for dead? If you ask a certain group of former Nokia employees,...
View ArticleNokia gifts MeeGo patents to Jolla startup [Update: Nokia denies]
MeeGo-rescuing smartphone start-up Jolla Mobile hasn't just received incubator support from Nokia, the company has revealed, but a chunk of mobile patents from Nokia's portfolio. The Finnish company...
View ArticleJolla Mobile CEO: “MeeGo is not dead”
MeeGo got a reprise last week, when Finnish start-up Jolla Mobile announced it would be using the open-source OS for a smartphone push of its own, and now the company has been talking more about Nokia,...
View ArticleSlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: July 11, 2012
Start your morning off right with our review of Small Sonos - and ask yourself if you really need multiple speakers for music around your home. Over in China it appears that there may have been some...
View ArticleJolla plans to lock down its MeeGo phone, promises app store (UPDATE:...
Say what you will about Jolla, the startup hoping to bring MeeGo back from the dead, but the company certainly has spirit. Managing director of Jolla, Jussi Hurmola, understands that the platform needs...
View ArticleJolla’s MeeGo phone will run Android apps
Jolla, the Helsinki-based startup hoping to make use of Nokia’s abandoned MeeGo platform, has revealed additional details surrounding the phone it hopes to launch later in the year. Arctic Startup...
View ArticleJolla resurrects MeeGo with new “Sailfish” OS
About a year ago, a project to develop a new mobile operating system called MeeGo was cancelled in favor of Tizen. Then, back in July, we were told that a group of Nokia ex-employees formed a startup...
View ArticleJolla’s Sailfish spills its MeeGo-reborn secrets: Carrier & chip deals inked
MeeGo refugee Jolla has demonstrated its new Sailfish OS today, as well as announcing a deal with ST-Ericsson to run the platform on its mobile chips, and a carrier deal with Finland's DNA. Revealed...
View ArticleSlashGear Morning Wrap-up: November 21st, 2012
This morning we're jumping directly into outer space with the Planck telescope spotting an 80 million degree cosmos spanning gas bridge - it's hot! The Amazon Appstore has been update with a whole new...
View ArticleJolla Sailfish phone official with snap-on smart shells and Android support
Smartphone startup Jolla has revealed its first device, the Sailfish-powered Jolla, expected to ship by the end of the year. Running the MeeGo-derived OS on a dualcore processor, the Jolla phone packs...
View ArticleSailfish OS now compatible with Android apps and hardware
Jolla has just announced that its Sailfish OS has hit a major milestone. The operating system is now compatible with Android applications and hardware. This milestone means that users of Android...
View ArticleJolla Sailfish handset specs unveiled with dual-core Snapdragon
Back in May, the Jolla Sailfish smartphone became official, promising the ability to run Android apps on the MeeGo-derived mobile operating system alongside a gesture-controlled user interface and 4G...
View ArticleJolla chooses Yandex.Store as the default app store for all its smartphones
Jolla is a smartphone manufacturer that's been working on some interesting smartphones that it produces. Back in September, the specifications for the Jolla Sailish smartphone were unveiled. The...
View ArticleJolla Sailfish smartphone to launch November 27
Jolla has been talking up its Sailfish OS and smartphone running the OS for a while. We know the operating system will be able to run applications made for Android devices. We learned earlier this week...
View ArticleJolla Sailfish phone almost on offer to pre-bookers (but not for the US)
Smartphone startup Jolla will open up sales of its Sailfish OS handset to pre-booking customers from today, the company has confirmed, with initial deliveries expected to begin in December. The new...
View ArticleJolla Sailfish OS 1.0 is ready to go global
Jolla has announced that its long anticipated sailfish OS has reached version 1.0. With the operating system reaching the version 1.0 mark, it is now ready to ship globally. Jolla has also announced...
View ArticleJolla Sailfish OS launching as a launcher to invade Android
This week the folks behind the smartphone hardware and software brand Jolla have decided they’d be invading the world through Android. Before Sailfish 1.0 is launched across the whole world with...
View ArticleSlashGear Morning Wrap-up 2/21/14: Galaxy S5, Xbox update, HTC Desire
This morning we’re about to head to Mobile World Congress 2014, but not before we grab a bunch of pre-show news blasts, of course. First we’re having a peek at some leaked images of the HTC Desire 8, a...
View ArticleDownloads begin for Android Jolla Launcher in Alpha
The team behind Sailfish OS and Jolla have let it be known that they’re not limiting their software to their own hardware any longer. Instead they’re set to release "Jolla Launcher" in Alpha form to...
View ArticleThird time’s a charm? Samsung Tizen rumored for India
If at first you don't succeed, there's always next time. After two abruptly canceled launches in Japan and Russia, Samsung might now be eying the mobile world's newest darling. India press have quoted...
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