Want to try that sweet-sounding Sailfish OS, but
don’t want to fork out the €399 for the first Jolla
handset? Fret not as the company will allow you
to sideload its OS to any Android device that you
might already have.
The option isn’t yet available, but it’s currently
being worked on as has been confirmed by the
company’s CEO Tomi Pienimäki. In an interview
with a Finnish website Mr. Pienimäki stated the
following:
”That is the plan. We are on device business
and OS business. It is fairly easy to install
the OS on Android devices"
”There is no such culture in these parts of
the world [Finland], but there are people that
are installing new operating systems on their
devices. In China it is mainstream. About
half of the smartphone buyers are upgrading
their older or cheaper devices with a better
version of Android.”
“For us it is a possibility to distribute our
operating system especially in China. There
are websites that already distribute [OS]
software and the Chinese customers are
doing it ¬so we don’t have to teach them.
We just have to get Sailfish to those
websites – and to make sure that Sailfish
will run on different kind of Android devices.”
The Jolla CEO also confirmed that the company
has no intention of trying to bring in cash by
selling the OS itself. Instead the team consisting
of former Nokia employees will rely on
applications, services and advertising to monetize
their efforts. This means that wider reach is key
for Jolla and giving people the option to switch
from Android without spending a dime certainly
seems like the right thing to do.
Would you be willing to try Sailfish on your droid?

F.K.O:
Want to try that sweet-sounding Sailfish OS, but
don’t want to fork out the €399 for the first Jolla
handset? Fret not as the company will allow you
to sideload its OS to any Android device that you
might already have.
The option isn’t yet available, but it’s currently
being worked on as has been confirmed by the
company’s CEO Tomi Pienimäki. In an interview
with a Finnish website Mr. Pienimäki stated the
following:
”That is the plan. We are on device business
and OS business. It is fairly easy to install
the OS on Android devices"
”There is no such culture in these parts of
the world [Finland], but there are people that
are installing new operating systems on their
devices. In China it is mainstream. About
half of the smartphone buyers are upgrading
their older or cheaper devices with a better
version of Android.”
“For us it is a possibility to distribute our
operating system especially in China. There
are websites that already distribute [OS]
software and the Chinese customers are
doing it ¬so we don’t have to teach them.
We just have to get Sailfish to those
websites – and to make sure that Sailfish
will run on different kind of Android devices.”
The Jolla CEO also confirmed that the company
has no intention of trying to bring in cash by
selling the OS itself. Instead the team consisting
of former Nokia employees will rely on
applications, services and advertising to monetize
their efforts. This means that wider reach is key
for Jolla and giving people the option to switch
from Android without spending a dime certainly
seems like the right thing to do.
Would you be willing to try Sailfish on your droid?

i wnt titusfish instead...