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Sailfish OS will be available for Android users


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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.”
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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.
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the company will allow you to sideload its OS to any Android device that you might already have.

That's the first time I'm hearing of this. How can you sideload a mobile OS on any mobile device? There's nothing called a standardized mobile OS with supported SoC's and available drivers and for everything. Most of us wish there was, but unfortunately, it ain't like the PC industry where you can buy just about any PC anywhere in the world and then just load you favorite Windows or Linux distro and at least expect generic driver compatibility for the most part! :D

So how's that gonna work with mobile OS'es? Is Jolla planning to cram in as many drivers as possible for ALL known hardware components? That's sounds well nigh impossible! So what am I not getting? :dunno:

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the company will allow you to sideload its OS to any Android device that you might already have.

That's the first time I'm hearing of this. How can you sideload a mobile OS on any mobile device? There's nothing called a standardized mobile OS with supported SoC's and available drivers and for everything. Most of us wish there was, but unfortunately, it ain't like the PC industry where you can buy just about any PC anywhere in the world and then just load you favorite Windows or Linux distro and at least expect generic driver compatibility for the most part! :D

So how's that gonna work with mobile OS'es? Is Jolla planning to cram in as many drivers as possible for ALL known hardware components? That's sounds well nigh impossible! So what am I not getting? :dunno:

GSMArena interpretation fail, as simple as that. The quality of tech journalism is such that they can't even copy and paste properly. :/ If you follow the source link and read the original article on the Finnish site (thankfully in English), nowhere does the CEO mention the word "any". Indeed he clearly states that "We just have to get Sailfish to those websites [i.e. those that help distribute mobile OSes/ROMs] - and to make sure that Sailfish will run on different kinds of Android devices."

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GSMArena interpretation fail, as simple as that. The quality of tech journalism is such that they can't even copy and paste properly. :/ If you follow the source link and read the original article on the Finnish site (thankfully in English), nowhere does the CEO mention the word "any". Indeed he clearly states that "We just have to get Sailfish to those websites [i.e. those that help distribute mobile OSes/ROMs] - and to make sure that Sailfish will run on different kinds of Android devices."

Thanks for pointing that out. That makes sense. "Any" would have been more than just a game changer LOL! :P

And it's not just the quality of tech journalism. Quality of journalism in general is at it's nadir these days with the mad rush to be the first one to carry the news rather than be the one to carry the right news :(

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And it's not just the quality of tech journalism. Quality of journalism in general is at it's nadir these days with the mad rush to be the first one to carry the news rather than be the one to carry the right news :(

I agree, they're mostly like those tabloids we get with lurid, sensationalist, hyped up and false headlines. What makes it worse in this case is that they're not even the first one to carry the news, but they can't even re-report it properly. Anyway, moving on...

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