12 thoughts on “#JollaLoveDay: Join The Tribe”

1. Jonas Lihnell on May 20, 2013 at 3:05 pm said:

   Oh my. This was probably the most horrible dissappointment ever. This belongs in #Fails2013.

   No keyboard, the only innovation is a phone that knows what outer shell you place so it can adjust colors. I’ve been able to adjust color theme long before jolla, this is just a waste of time.

   Goodbye jolla, I’m sailing elsewhere.

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   • Blaboulu on May 20, 2013 at 3:41 pm said:

     That is what I understood too from the other video, so I’m kind of enthusiastic.

     I never thought Jolla would offer a HWKB on their first flagship. They have to stand ouf of the line for sure, but also to optimize sales, costs and risks. A touch-only device is not what we, N900/N950 fans, would prefer, but most of us also enjoyed the N9 which was touch only. The N9 probably hit a broader portion of users than the N900 did, despite the N900 being the best Smartphone ever (:D). Sailfish is totally designed on touch-friendly UI, so it’s no surprise the flagship is a touch smartphone.

     I’m disappointed th device has no HWKB, but that’s me, and I’m not sure all people keeping an eye on Jolla think that. The people posting comments on Jolla blogs are just a tiny part of this user base, even if this user base is still tiny compared to Android, iOS or even Blackberry, but there are people who prefer a smartphone with large screen and no extra-bulk cause by HWKB, as long as the UI is touch optimized, which it is.

     The surprise is that the device seems to be modular. To what point? We still don’t know. Color cover could be just plastic cases with NFC chips inside to customize themes, colors, fonts, profiles, or real halves connected to the “brain”. In the latter case, then we could rethink about the modular concepts we’ve been thinking about, and imagine a modular HWKB (and please, not only QWERTY!) at the cost of extra thickness. That would be trully unlike, and that would make all Jolla-followers happy. Modular design with options available depending on demand. Jolla is currently asking on Twitter to show our demand for peculiar functions or features, and they even answered “show the demand to make it happen eventually” to someone who asked about a QWERTY keyboard. Will it be possible on the first Jolla phone with a special other half, or on a Jolla 1.5 device at a later stage? We don’t know yet, but the fact that there is still some questions about whether it would be possible on this very device is already a surprise in my opinion.

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     • Blaboulu on May 20, 2013 at 3:42 pm said:

       I intended to reply to Massimo Santicchi, sorry. I agree with him about the video. But most of my other comments could reply to Jonas though. :p

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2. Massimo Santicchi (@blackjack4it) on May 20, 2013 at 3:14 pm said:

   Wait, consider that in a video they explained that the back of the phone can be also suitable for devices that can “expand the hardware of the device” so…wait for the official presentation…I’m dreaming about a modular qwerty detachable from the back of the phone… ;)

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   • mich on May 21, 2013 at 5:04 pm said:

     i prefer a jolla devices with QWERTY like N900 sure but not say that this great work is a crap!!
     iphone havent the Nokia Style like N900 so nothing doomed jolla work

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3. Carlos on May 20, 2013 at 3:21 pm said:

   Yes. They missed completely the point. Everybody has touch devices selling out there.

   Bringing yet another touch screen only device is bringing nothing new. And I doubt random teenagers or random iphone-android-buyers will give a shit about sailfish os

   If you are targeting geeks (that are the ones that could prefer your OS over Android or iOS) then you are missing the point: Geeks want a fucking qwerty keyboard! For Christ sake! And they also want out-of-the-normal things like a FM receiver/transmitter.

   Something like the N950 would be awesome, but not this crap.

   Jolla: if you want to compete with the iphone good luck with that because you are already doomed.

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4. Martin Ebnöther (@Venty) on May 20, 2013 at 3:34 pm said:

   It supersedes the N9 I currently still uses. 4G, replaceable battery, SDHC card slot, more powerful hardware, Sailfish OS and Android compatibility layer. Yes, I hoped for a QWERTY keyboard, but I will buy the new phone anyway!
   And if we are lucky, Massimo is right with his speculation. Now THAT would be a revolution!

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5. time traveler on May 20, 2013 at 3:43 pm said:

   Hey something is wrong with time given for online transmission – 19.30 or 18.30 – what is the right time? I am kindly asking?

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6. dualsim man on May 20, 2013 at 3:48 pm said:

   Dear Jolla, there is nothing about DUALSIM ? Users need DUALSIM, and what about this????

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7. SaiKo on May 20, 2013 at 4:35 pm said:

   “Countries supported for the Limited ed. Jolla + Other Half (100€) pre-order package at the time of opening May 20, 2013 include Finland, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy. We’re opening further European countries very soon, stay tuned!

   For Limited ed. Jolla + T-Shirt (40€) and 0€ pre-order packages we support global pre-ordering, and yet availability of the Jolla device will decided based on demand from each country solely in discretion of Jolla Ltd. For the 40€ package we’ll always ship the T-shirt to your selected global address.”

   So if you’re not lucky enough to live in one of those 8 countries you can’t pre-order with the otherhalf, but you can pre-order the limited edition handset for 40€?
   And if it turns out availability for your country never comes, you’ll have paid 40€ for just a t-shirt?

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   • plan9assembler on May 21, 2013 at 5:35 am said:

     Hi, FYI,

     preorder process is something wrong,
     register first, do your preorder.

     https://account.jolla.com/registration/register/

     https://nokiavswindowsphone.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/username-registration-error-jolla-checkout-webpage/

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8. plan9assembler on May 21, 2013 at 5:33 am said:

   Hi, there is some thing wrong with preorder process.
   you have to register first and logged in and try preorder.

   here:

   https://nokiavswindowsphone.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/username-registration-error-jolla-checkout-webpage/

   OR
   http://account.jolla.com/registration/register

   FIX IT!

   Anyway i did, yay! too bad my country is unable to get t-shirt..

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