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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-buys-an-os-in-2017? dept.

Jolla, of "where's my tablet" fame, has announced a plan the sell their SailfishOS for Sony Xperia X phones as an aftermartket upgrade. From the announcement:

Here are the hard facts you need to know:

Sales start date: September 27, 2017. Product – what you will get:

  • Sailfish OS image to flash to your Xperia device – our target is to have the downloadable image ready by October 11
  • Android support, predictive text input, and MS exchange support as downloads from Jolla Store to your device
  • SW updates for one year, after which a continuation program will follow
  • Clear instructions and support for downloads & installation
  • Jolla Customer Care service

Availability: EU, Norway, Switzerland; US & CA to be confirmed. Price: 49,90€ (including VAT)

Seems like quite the bizarre move for a company that has lost so much consumer faith.

Seen on Phoronix


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by zeigerpuppy on Friday September 01 2017, @01:20AM

    by zeigerpuppy (1298) on Friday September 01 2017, @01:20AM (#562374)

    I disagree, I think the current status of SailfishOS is quite an impressive achievement for a small company.
    The OS is usable and there's some innovative third party tools. It's a really difficult space to compete in.
    Firefox and Ubuntu failed in the same space remember. This company is vastly smaller and I think it deserves a bit more tolerance. I am in no way affiliated with Jolla but I like to see companies building software on a Linux base without Spyware build in.

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