AllBout Jolla merges with Sailfish OS News Network

The social media accounts of AllBoutJolla (formerly AllBoutN9) have been merged with the Sailfish OS News Network, which originated as a Telegram News Channel and became a joint community effort.

Here you find our various accounts:

Telegram
Twitter
Facebook
Mastodon

This website won't be updated anymore, but remains available as an archive under: allboutjolla.blogspot.com

Big thank you for following us over all these years, since 2011 😊

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TOHKBD soon on Kickstarter.com

Big announcement for fans who have been waiting for a physical QWERTY Jolla keyboard. Dirk van Leersum (designer of various TheOtherHalfs including first TOH keyboard) posted on Twitter that his current project will be presented on Kickstarter.com within the next days. Kickstarter.com is a fantastic crowdfunding platform created to bring projects to life which are looking for a minimum funding goal.

Jolla's 9th update for testers and a gift voucher

It certainly has been a long wait for the 9th update which migrates Sailfish OS to Qt5.2 and therefore took (and still takes) a lot of internal testing at Jolla. The official update release shouldn't be far away, but Jolla went ahead and let willing users test the latest OS improvements. The pre-release also comes in handy for developers who are given a change to adjust their applications to the new Qt5.2 developer framework. 

Jolla and Rovio release Angry Birds Stella Launcher

In collaboration with Rovio Entertainment, Jolla publishes the exclusive Angry Birds Stella experience with a special themed Android launcher.

The launcher features the multitasking user experience of Jolla's Sailfish OS and adds Angry Birds themed wallpapers, ringtones and an unlimited access to Rovio's ToonsTV. 

Jolla sails to Hong Kong and gives away VIP package

On July 31, Jolla announced their new deal with telecom operator 3 in Hong Kong. The phone will be available from August 12. To celebrate the news Jolla gives away an unique VIP package including a special box, Jolla phone and all 4 official TOH covers.

Jolla opens beautiful showroom in Kazakhstan

Jolla sailors have been working hard this summer to expand their global sales. After the India announcement on July 18th, Jolla also launches the phone in Kazakhstan with Mobile Invest.

Jolla around the world on Twitter

Picture by@zzlu02

A while ago Jolla users started to tweet photos taken with their Jolla (or with their Jolla in the picture) from all around the world. Now that it is summer them and people tend travel around a lot we get to see some nice shots from around the world.

In case you are a Twitter user as well, please help to make this photo collection even bigger.

Jolla Launcher updated to Alpha version 0.2.1

Jolla releases the next version of Jolla Launcher for community alpha testers. The update will be available via Google Play Store for invited Alpha testers.

The beta testing will start in August where everyone who signed up will be able to participate

Hardware Adaptation Dev Kit 1.0 for Sailfish OS

Sailfish OS Hardware Adaptation Development Kit Documentation release 1.0.1-EA1. This documentation helps you set up a Mer-core based Linux system that will run on an Android device, on top of the existing Android Hardware Adaptation kernel and drivers.

Jolla phones coming to India

After the false report about Jolla being officially sold in China, there is true news today. Jolla phones are coming to India within a month and are being distributed via Snapdeal, an online marketplace being based in New Delhi, India.

This is Jolla's first campaign outside Europe and thus a confirmation for their expansion plans.

[How-to] Update Warehouse app after 1.0.8.19 upgrade

Jolla's 1.0.8.19, Tahkalampi update brought some changes to RPM side-loading and packagekit authorizations. 

Unfortunately this affects the OpenRepos.net Warehouse app and breaks the possibility to install apps from the 3rd party 'store'. OpenRepos maintainer Basil already provided an update which has to be installed manually. 

Sailfish SDK updated to version Alpha-1407-Qt5

With the release of Sailfish OS 1.0.8.19, Jolla also publishes new installers and package repositories for the Sailfish OS SDK version Alpha-1407-Qt5. The small update fixes some bugs, updates Silica-documentation and refreshes SDK to match the latest Sailfish OS release. 

Sweet summer-gift: Upgrade 1.0.8.19, Tahkalampi

A nice summer afternoon, a random check for a new Sailfish update and....booom...a freshly baked firmware version ready to download and install. What a surprise Jolla! Well, we all knew that Jolla would release another upgrade in July, but did we expect such a big one? Probably not. Jolla fixed a huge amount of reported (and unreported) bugs and added new features which bring the new mobile platform to the next level.

Bird or Fish? Flappy Bird games on Jolla

You might hate or love that game (maybe even both): Flappy Bird on Sailfish OS (native app!). Nice surprise to see Flappy Bird popping up in Jolla Store just about an hour ago.

Next to Flappy Bird there is also Sailyfish: Same game principle but with a fish under water swimming in the colours of your Jolla Ambience.

3rd party Swype-like keyboard for Sailfish OS

Since the release of Sailfish OS there has been a huge demand for a Swype keyboard. The patented virtual keyboard was originally developed for Android and has since found its way on various devices (including the Nokia N9). Instead of typing, words are written by sliding a finger over lettres: Error-correction algorithms help guessing the right word (which works very reliable). A French developer with the nickname 'eber42' recently showed a video with a working Swype keyboard on Sailfish OS.

Jolla Launcher Alpha release (screenshots & videos)

Another milestone release by Jolla: The 'Jolla Launcher' hits a limited public testing with version 0.2.0. The first few hundred registered Alpha testing candidates just received an email with instructions to install the Jolla Launcher. 

The email contains a Google Play Store link and invitation which is tied to your Gmail account. The launcher is very impressive - have a look at the key features and some screenshots and 2 videos in this post. 

Sailfish OS 1.0.7.16 testing image available for Nexus 4

Carsten Munk, Chief Research Engineer at Jolla, just published information about the updated Sailfish OS image for LG's Nexus 4. The so called "early adopters" will receive an email with further instructions (you also find them in this blog post). The update brings new features and stability to the sytem - but be aware: This isn't a final product yet and doesn't present Sailfish OS the way it is working on an original Jolla device.

‘Jolla Launcher’ & updated Nexus 4 Sailfish image

Great news for Android phone users who want to try out the Sailfish OS experience. Next week Jolla starts a community testing for the 'Jolla Launcher' alpha version. In addition Nexus 4 users will get a new Sailfish OS imagine (possibly 1.0.7.16) by next Monday.

Sailfish OS SDK updated to version 1406

Jolla released new installers and package repositories for the Sailfish OS SDK version Alpha-1406-Qt5. SDK content has been updated to match Jolla Release 1.0.7.16 and can be downloaded in Qt Creator (or http://www.sailfishos.org if not installed yet)