Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
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Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#2He doesn't address the obvious question: Why? Why for the end user? Why for Jolla?
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#3He doesn't address the obvious question: Why? Why for the end user? Why for Jolla?
The end user might like a device that is not as interconnected with Google.
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#4He doesn't address the obvious question: Why? Why for the end user? Why for Jolla?
AKAIK Jolla is more open. Its more like a Linux distro than Android. I want something else than trying custom Android ROMs. I want to be fully in control of my device.
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#5I'd love that. I have some older devices sitting around and totally would install Sailfish on it and try it out!
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#6Yes! Good. I'd be worried if they didn't.
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#7Good, Google is beginning to really frustrate me. Why can't I cut and paste from the description box on a Youtube video? Serving up a totally broken Google images page to Firefox for Android may be Firefox's fault but they should test with other browsers. It has a totally broken permissions model, notably for location access which after struggling with its nagging for a year I just gave up and now Facebook et al are all dialing in my location constantly. It has totally broken control over background apps waking up as well.
You are just a consumer on Android. The founders call Google 'the third half of your brain', and when you use Android you realise you don't control that third half, it's controlled for advertising purposes (with access granted or taken for various government agencies). Ubuntu, Jolla or Firefox need to succeed on mobile because Android is actually worse than Windows 95, XP etc for user customisation and freedom. That's stock on a Nexus too, the custom versions from handset manufacturers are a whole different train wreck.
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#8He doesn't address the obvious question: Why? Why for the end user? Why for Jolla?
Probably because of the obvious answer: Because the CEO of Jolla thinks that Jolla's operating system is better than others, and the option to switch to something that may be better is a good thing, whether or not you choose to take it.
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#9He doesn't address the obvious question: Why? Why for the end user? Why for Jolla?
People reflashing devices is not "all users", and that leaves open a few possibilities.
For users, a far better user interface (still prefer the user interface of the N9 over android one), a new app ecosystem (work most android apps, plus jolla native/meego/mer ones, maybe will be a compatibility layer to run ubuntu touch/tizen ones, and as it is based on qt/qml, probably will be easy to port BB10 ones too. And of course, ports of linux apps in general (the N900 had a lot of them)
For Jolla is, of course, improving installed base, enabling people to try, or even improve the OS, and generate a critical mass of developers and fans that will make the rest of potential users to see with good eyes the phones with jolla built in.
Remember, part of android success was that people was able to install cyanogenmod in their old windows phones. If this is more efficient than android giving new life to old android phones could give enough visibility to the new OS.
Re: Jolla CEO: You will soon be able turn your Android device into a Sailfish device
#10He doesn't address the obvious question: Why? Why for the end user? Why for Jolla?
People reflashing devices is not "all users", and that leaves open a few possibilities. For users, a far better user interface (still prefer the user interface of the N9 over android one), a new app ecosystem (work most android apps, plus jolla native/meego/mer ones, maybe will be a compatibility layer to run ubuntu touch/tizen ones, and as it is based on qt/qml, probably will be easy to port BB10 ones too. And of co…
> Remember, part of android success was that people was able to install cyanogenmod in their old windows phones.
Not really, no. Only a tiny fraction of Android users even know what cyanogen mod is, let alone install it on their phone.
That's not at all what made Android successful.