First Jolla phone to come with a large catalog of apps and a locked kernel
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The locked kernel is something that doesn't surprise us much. After all, Hurmola has already said that Jolla's first handset will be designed with the mass consumer in mind, not the hardcore geek who'd flash ROMs. That kind of strategy seems very reasonable to us, since Jolla's still a small start-up that needs to reach an audience as broad as it can with its products.
Apparently, the CEO has recognized the fact that if a smartphone wants to be successful in today's landscape, it needs to have access to a large catalog of applications. He has announced that the first MeeGo-powered Jolla phone will come with its own app store that should house a large number of applications. Now, where they are going to get all those apps from is beyond us, because we can't imagine that there will be too many devs willing to spend much of their precious time developing for a brand new OS with zero market share. Microsoft is doing quite well, adding new titles to its catalog very quickly, but it's still just over the 100,000 mark, which is far behind what iOS and Android have. And we're talking about Microsoft here.
Of course, we don't really think that a mobile OS needs to have 500k + apps in order to be successful. More importantly, it needs to have the basics covered, which would include the most popular games, apps and services. The hundreds of Angry Birds clones can easily wait.
The first Jolla phone is expected to be announced later this year, although it's not certain if the manufacturer will be able to bring it to market in time for the Holiday season.
source: InternationalBusinessTimes via SlashGear
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12 Comments
1. SlimSoulja86 posted on 18 Jul 2012, 10:51 5 0
" The hundreds of Angry Birds clones can easily wait." Ray S, what do u mean by that, does iOs have angry birds clones or r u trying to talk about Android?
5. Aaron_R96 posted on 18 Jul 2012, 11:54 12 0
Pretty sure he's just referring to the fact that ios and android both have loads of apps that effectively do the same thing as other apps, neither app store is perfect, and nobosdy has 500,000 apps on their phone..
2. ilia1986 posted on 18 Jul 2012, 10:53 3 3
Why not just leave the kernel open, and just have a switch called "Toggle advanced access" upon hitting which the user would get a screen telling him that if he\she proceeds - he\she will get full access, but the company is not responsible for any damage done to the phone in this case (this is irreversible of course)?
That's what Apple could have done... Would have benefited them a whole whole whole whole lot.
3. remtothemax posted on 18 Jul 2012, 10:55 3 0
so does the word "jolla" pronoucned british or spanish?
6. bayusuputra posted on 18 Jul 2012, 12:02 2 0
hhmm, same thoughts here..
it could be Jolla, Holla or Yolla..
but no matter what, i am excited to see what this OS will bring to the market..
8. tardolus posted on 18 Jul 2012, 12:51 1 0
Hey! "Jolla" is old finnish word for "light weighted boat" and word for white, sailing headdress.
I think they want it to be pronoucned like they wrote it.
4. cepcamba posted on 18 Jul 2012, 11:42 3 1
I've said in a previous post, if they can have Meego play Android apps without the devs having to rewrite anything then it's like having 500k apps at their disposal.
7. vvelez5 posted on 18 Jul 2012, 12:16 2 1
I am looking foward to seeing these handsets. I hope they make it stateside subsidized by carriers.
9. thunderising posted on 18 Jul 2012, 13:09 0 0
So the price of this handset, will it be reasonable for us carrier-free countries?
12. Jeff_Pixelord posted on 22 Jul 2012, 01:58 0 0
I hope this OS will stand as a tough competitor of Android and IOS. but i dnt think jolla would make it in the 1st time....
