Comments on: POST-SLUSH PART 2: A CRITIQUE (Constructive Criticisms)

By: rnk

rnk — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:04:06 +0000

So we’re in a lull until next summer? Last comment here was written on December 1st…

By: James

James — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:53:48 +0000

sub.

By: R

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:52:01 +0000

IR, nice keyboard (doesn’t have to be a slider, but the candybar keyboards are innadequate), and SD slot. I care more about all of those than having a camera (just to put things in perspective, I do like having a camera too).

OS demo looked interesting, but haven’t seen enough real about the UI to comment.

In terms of general software, keep it open and exposed to the user. Having xterm and root fresh out of the box is part of what made the n900 so friendly.

By: Hello Jolla how you doing?

Hello Jolla how you doing? — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:00:11 +0000

ianjo – +1
One of most important aspects. I don’t know if Apple way in all aspects is the best, but certainly this is how this should work. And I think having possibility to create kernal for what any particular hardware, current and in future – this is possible.

By: nokia ports

nokia ports — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:19:06 +0000

It is not so much full functionality, It is the idea of having to do work that has already been done, as they have now released they won’t be doing. If they released the source for what they had done to this point, the community could then actually build on it. I understand that it maybe due to an agreement with Nokia yet they haven’t really released what are the exact details of their deal. It is they claim to be fully open, yet I feel like they are still holding a lot back.
Secondly it is the basic functionality like phone calls. The nitdroid project is yet to get calls working properly despite having a lot of other functionality, yet it is a pretty fundamental feature for a phone.

By: JollaTides

JollaTides — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:32:22 +0000

@Ianjo: 100% agree with you – this is such a very important factor for Jolla to consider and is what keeps iPhone owners coming back for more year upon year.

By: ianjo

ianjo — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:20:57 +0000

It’s not a criticism of jolla per se, but I hope they have learned from their Nokia times the importance of ecosystem. It can be resumed as:
A) Never break compatibility between releases r
B) try hard hard hard to keep all phones updated. This is something apple deeply understands, and others fail to grasp: don’t divide your already small community with each release, as nokia did with N900 and N9, and S60v5 and other versions.

My friend, which has an iphone with N900 class hardware (cortex a8, …), can still upgrade to the latest ios version.

This simply means that with each release your userbase ALWAYS grows, instead of constantly be divided into islands that share almost nothing.

I think having Sailfish on the N9/N950 or even on the N900 would be an excellent first step towards bootstraping this ecosystem.

By: JollaTides

JollaTides — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:39:25 +0000

I’m not sure but I think it would be more down to Nokia being in agreement here and that’s why it has to be an unofficial port because it’s a Nokia product at the end of the day. Also bear in mind the Sailfish OS is unfinished so you would most probably be better sticking to MeeGo for the time being if you’re after full functionality.

By: crsdrreader

crsdrreader — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:48:25 +0000

Not a must but good feature to have. Next year will really be Unlike.

By: nokia ports

nokia ports — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:14:36 +0000

They have been cagey about Nokia ports and said if the community wanted to port it to Nokia devices it would be possible etc, however they are clearly currently running it on Nokia devices so if they are truly open why can they not release those ports and the source for them