There are tablet makers in China who would break out champagne if they had an advance order of US$1 million.
I’m really hard-pressed to understand what’s going on here. Do people like Sailfish OS that much? Is there such an untapped desire for a different iPad Mini clone? Does Jolla have a reputation that warrants this level of trust?
There’s a lesson here for tablet makers in China. I just don’t know yet what it is.
Previously here:
Mike Cane’s xBlog 
Why don’t you but one and find out?
I did.
The reason is simple. They are giving people what they want. An iPad clone with an SD card and FREEDOM from Google.
I’ve watched YouTube reviews of their phone. I see nothing in the OS that excites me. Also, it runs Android apps, so some of Google *has* to be in there.
There’s nothing of Google there. They have an Android compatibility layer not unlike WINE, which is the layer Linux uses to run some Windows software.
Ah, thanks for that clarification.
Apk runs in sandbox with the data you give, not as spy backdoor ad process. Free service where you are the product is not what people want. Success is privacy within european os. Something like forgotten Liberty www ship.
I have a feeling it isn’t going end well.
Presumably there are these major reasons for the success: a convincing design and the Sailfish OS promising a combination of GUI simplicity, bloatwarefreeness and security. iOS and Android lack convincing security, Android often has a bloatware GUI. Windows is not perceived simple and still for many has the 1990s reputation of being unsecure. In conclusion, people want a device that looks nice, simply works and is secure by design. They hope to get it with this tablet.
Oh and I forgot default root access… So I am in control and not some big corporation.