Jolla’s attempts to build an alternative to Android and iOS in the mobile space have been a bit underwhelming in recent years. The company’s Linux-based Sailfish OS is capable of running on a number of phones, but there aren’t many devices that ship with the operating system. And Jolla has pretty much given up on […]
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Jolla to ship about 540 more tablets, refund other orders (within a year)
Jolla says it’s getting ready to ship out more tablets to backers of a crowdfunding campaign for the first tablet to ship with the Sailfish operating system. Unfortunately these will also be the last Jolla tablets to ship. The company ran into financial and manufacturing difficulties in 2015, and in a blog post Jolla says it’s […]
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Jolla to crowdfunding backers: Not everyone will get a tablet
Finnish mobile company Jolla had a rough year in 2015, and the company decided to stop producing its own hardware in order to focus on its Sailfish OS software. But what about folks who’ve already given the company money to buy hardware that hasn’t been delivered? After launching a smartphone in 2013, Jolla launched a […]
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Jolla Tablet with Sailfish OS is finally shipping
It’s been close to a year since Jolla launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a tablet powered by Sailfish OS, and now the Jolla Tablet it’s finally shipping to backers of that campaign. Jolla says it sent out the first orders this week, with more to follow. The tablet features a 7.85 inch, 2048 x […]
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Jolla Tablet now shipping to developers, heading to customers later this year
Jolla may be getting out of the hardware business in order to focus on developing and licensing its Sailfish operating system to other phone and tablet makers. But the company still plans to ship the Jolla Tablet to backers of last year’s crowdfunding campaign. While the finished tablet isn’t quite ready to ship yet, Jolla has […]
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Jolla unveils Sailfish OS 2.0 and Sailfish Secure platform for phones, tablets
Jolla’s first tablet is set to hit the streets in a few months, and when it does it will run a new version of the company’s Linux-based Sailfish operating system. Jolla is introducing Sailfish OS 2.0 at Mobile World Congress this week, as well as a new platform called Sailfish Secure which the company plans […]
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Lilbits (1-29-2015): Redefining broadband
Once upon a time “broadband” internet access was basically anything faster than a dialup modem. But these days it takes a bit more bandwidth than that to really take advantage of all that the internet has to offer. So the Federal Communications Commission has voted to change the definition of broadband. Up until recently an […]
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Jolla’s first Sailfish OS tablet coming in 2015 (Crowdfunding)
Jolla launched its first smartphone running the Sailfish Linux-based operating system last year. Now the company wants to add a tablet to its lineup, and it’s taken to crowdfunding site Indiegogo to raise money for the project. It took the company just 2 hours to meet its goals by raising $380,000 and taking pre-orders for 2000 […]