Sailfish OS 1.0 Announced, Sailfish Soon On Android

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 21 February 2014 at 11:19 AM EST. 27 Comments
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The Finnish-based Jolla has announced Sailfish OS 1.0 in time for Mobile World Congress and have also committed to soon delivering this mobile Linux OS to Android devices.

Sailfish OS 1.0 was announced today in time for the Mobile World Congress event that happens every February in Spain. Besides Ubuntu having their mobile wares on display, Jolla will be there with their launch device and talking up Sailfish OS for Android devices. With the announcement of Sailfish OS 1.0, Jolla feels their platform is ready for global distribution and new markets.

Sailfish OS is the promising mobile Linux environment built on Mer and Qt and already using Wayland for its display server. After their first phone launched last year in Finland and now available for pre-order throughout the EU and Scandinavian countries, we've known that Jolla has been porting Sailfish to Google's Nexus devices.

Improvements to the Sailfish OS stack include a landscape mode, camera zoom, improved battery life, and other enhancements. An update due out in March will have performance improvements, an extended landscape mode, visual improvements, new camera features, and much more.

Jolla says that Sailfish for Android will be available on "select devices" and great for renewing older Android devices. Among the hardware noted were the Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy, and Sony Xperia. The download will soon be available from Jolla's web-site and the Android marketplaces.

More details on this latest Jolla/Sailfish news can be found via today's press release.
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