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Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nobody: 6:37am On Nov 25, 2012
HELSINKI (AFP) – A group of ex-Nokia employees who quit over the company’s decision to abandon the planned MeeGo operating system in favour of Windows plan to launch their own smartphone next year, their start-up said on Wednesday.

The company Jolla, which counts four former Nokia engineers and directors among its five founders, presented its new operating system Sailfish in Helsinki and co-founder and chairman of the board Antti Saarnio promised to deliver “the world’s best smartphone” by mid-2013.

“Jolla’s own phone will be a high-endpremium product,” Saarnio told AFP.

In addition, the company will offer Sailfish products to retailer and operator partners for the medium-price range.

Jolla’s target and key market is China“because this is the most dynamic market at the moment in the smartphone industry and the industry there is looking for different alternatives to make smartphones.”

The US market is not part of Jolla’s business plan, but Europe and North Africa are, Saarnio said.

Jolla — which in Finnish means both a small sailboat and a life boat — was started a little over a year ago, shortly after Nokia decided to go with t
he Windows OS.

“Most of our team was at that time working in the MeeGo unit and we were so passionate about MeeGo and felt it was so competitive that we wanted to continue the development and start a company,” Saarnio explained.

Today the company employs 50 people and is hiring each month.

Jolla has already received financing of more than 10 million euros ($12.8million) from private Finnish and international investors and Finnish state
funding.

“This is enough for developing and commercialising the product, both hardware and software,” said Saarnio, who himself still uses a Nokia N9 mobile phone.

“In the spring we intend to raise about 20 million euros for growth financing,” he said.

Two distribution deals are already in place, with the largest smartphone retailer in China, D.Phone, and the Finnish operator DNA.

The phone’s physical design will be revealed early next year.

Saarnio said the Jolla phones would offer “multi-tasking and true user interface differentiation … freeing people from opening and closing applications, making the use of the smartphones much more efficient and letting them tailor their screens much more than others.”

The Sailfish OS will also run on tablets, he said.

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by XFive: 2:50pm On Nov 25, 2012
That one concern them
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by vacanci: 2:50pm On Nov 25, 2012
let the waiting begin
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by greatgod2012(f): 2:53pm On Nov 25, 2012
I am sure Nigerians will be among the first set of people to use the smartphone. I trust them.
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by ajila03(m): 3:00pm On Nov 25, 2012
Of what benefit will it be to the deing businesses?
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by yumsty: 3:01pm On Nov 25, 2012
hmmmm...lets see if this can dethrone the N900

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Damojo: 3:02pm On Nov 25, 2012
Staff not staffs! Gaddamit, OP did u go to school for the blind

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by 1Dray(m): 3:02pm On Nov 25, 2012
Good! Bring it on then.
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by 1Dray(m): 3:04pm On Nov 25, 2012
Damojo: Staff not staffs! Gaddamit, OP did u go to school for the blind

And where did u see staffs?
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by lilvonz(m): 3:05pm On Nov 25, 2012
This space is not for sale
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by DualCore1: 3:06pm On Nov 25, 2012
1Dray:

And where did u see staffs?

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by FdsunnEX(m): 3:06pm On Nov 25, 2012
OLD NEWS LOL
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Andykuul: 3:06pm On Nov 25, 2012
If d name of d phone is not familiar, Nigerians will c it as another chinese phone

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by ayobase(m): 3:08pm On Nov 25, 2012
1Dray:

And where did u see staffs?

Edited!
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Akbee(m): 3:09pm On Nov 25, 2012
I hope they aint gonna launch anoda version of chinco phones into the world market,mostly those of the third world countries.
Well dont wanna write much,i just hope their proposed products will be worth our expectation.i know this guys are trying to cut down nokia popularity.they could achieve that if they work hard and try to make gud of the experience they had gathered during their period of active service in nokia corporation.
Lets keep our fingers crossed
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nobody: 3:16pm On Nov 25, 2012
Just another among the multitude of smart phones already available.
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by DonaldGenes(m): 3:17pm On Nov 25, 2012
greatgod2012: I am sure Nigerians will be among the first set of people to use the smartphone. I trust them.
You can say that again and again
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nobody: 3:30pm On Nov 25, 2012
**rubbing my stomach**
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by DonaldGenes(m): 3:33pm On Nov 25, 2012
1Dray:

And where did u see staffs?
Hmm mph this is absolutely preposterous like You need to grow up,btw must you find any nuance fault in his post?seriously you need to step up your thinking skills like for real
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Pakavy(m): 3:37pm On Nov 25, 2012
yumsty: hmmmm...lets see if this can dethrone the N900
the n900 had bin dethroned a long tym ago
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by sylve11: 3:45pm On Nov 25, 2012
yumsty: hmmmm...lets see if this can dethrone the N900

,900 is a monster, but it ain't developed or designed for the ordinary phone user(s)! Machine to the bone! cool

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by sylve11: 3:47pm On Nov 25, 2012
Pakavy: the n900 had bin dethroned a long tym ago

Dethroned by which phone maker? cool

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nobody: 4:01pm On Nov 25, 2012
FdsunnEX: OLD NEWS LOL
so why didnt you post it?
Your left nyash angry
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nobody: 4:12pm On Nov 25, 2012
Its very annoying when people that don't have money to buy gadgets, criticize people that have. I understand that unemployment rate is high in Nigeria but there are soe people who are working and doing business. If you think the whole country will be miserable like you then you are madd.
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nobody: 4:12pm On Nov 25, 2012
Its very annoying when people that don't have money to buy gadgets, criticize people that have. I understand that unemployment rate is high in Nigeria but there are some people who are working and doing business. If you think the whole country will be miserable like you, then you are madd.

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nobody: 4:29pm On Nov 25, 2012
infact tell them i said they are 'MADED'!!!
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by Nexxy007: 4:33pm On Nov 25, 2012
personally, am anticipating d unveiling of this OS. Wana c their definition of "true multitasking".
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by abdullkabar(m): 4:45pm On Nov 25, 2012
D name of d OS is alanta.dnt say i told u wink

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Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by stokolie(m): 6:03pm On Nov 25, 2012
sylve11:

,900 is a monster, but it ain't developed or designed for the ordinary phone user(s)! Machine to the bone! cool
i still believe the n900 is the best phone 4rm nokia and even among other brand. The phone is on a class of its own, with the xterminal there is nolimit to what a good programer can turn that device to. Love to see the maemo or maego os replicated 2 other device it would be another wonder to have.
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by texazzpete(m): 6:47pm On Nov 25, 2012
st.okolie:

i still believe the n900 is the best phone 4rm nokia and even among other brand. The phone is on a class of its own, with the xterminal there is nolimit to what a good programer can turn that device to. Love to see the maemo or maego os replicated 2 other device it would be another wonder to have.

Speak for yourself.
As a phone, it's been hopelessly outclassed. if you want a pocketable linux computer, there are better, more powerful options available.
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by AkinDavid2: 7:17pm On Nov 25, 2012
I hope the patency issue have been settled, i no wan hear say court order delay the release as said.
Re: Ex-Nokia Staff To Release Smartphone With New OS by donotbanme1: 9:42pm On Nov 25, 2012
Nonsense. Has the ones in the market finished NEXT!!!

OP is seriously sitting on firewood.

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