Jolla Debuts the Jolla Tablet with Crowdsourced and Powered by Sailfish OS 2.0

Jolla, the mobile company from Finland  announced their first product, Jolla Smartphone one year ago and now they are introducing the Jolla Tablet - a crowdfunding project on Indiegogo, targeted at $380,000 goal.

The campaign started on 19 November 2014 and just hours into the campaign, Jolla have successfully reached their goal at $380,000 and they has now raised over a million funding in less than 48 hours.

Full Specifications of Jolla Phone Revealed

Jolla has been teasing its smartphone specifications little by little on their product website. Now seems like the company is ready to reveal the final specifications of the phone and voila, they have updated their website with the full specifications of the phone.

Lets see on the full specs of the phone:

• Dual-core 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor
• 1 GB of RAM
• 16 GB of internal storage, expandable via MircoSD card slot
• Ample 4.5 inch qHD 960 x 540 IPS display
• 5 point multi-touch with Gorilla Glass 2
• 8 MP rear camera with LED flash and 2 MP front facing camera
• Bluetooth 4.0 EDR HS, WLAN, USB2.0 HS, AGPS, GLONASS and HERE maps
• NFC, power in/out and I2C data connectivity
• Proximity, accelerometer, gyro, e-compass and ambient light
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack, Mirco SIM, standard Micro USB charging and connectivity
• RGB indicator LED and dual microphone for noise cancellation
• 2100 mAh battery (user replaceable)
• Talk time: 7.7 hrs (GSM) 5.5 hrs (3G)
• Standby time: 500 hrs
• Dimensions: 131 x 68 x 9.9 mm, weight 141g

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Jolla Smartphone Specifications Officially Revealed

Jolla has officially announced their first smartphone specifications as promised and it is now available on the company's product website. The mystery of the phone's specs had finally revealed.

Not long ago, Jolla also announced their Sailfish OS achieved Android compatibility which support Android applications. And now, let us see what's under the hood of the Jolla smartphone.

First, the Jolla will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual-core 1.4 GHz processor. Unfortunately, Jolla hasn't revealed which Snapdragon variant is it, however it may be the Snapdragon 400 variant. It features a 16 GB of internal storage with support for microSD cards, 1 GB of ram and a 2100 mAh user-replaceable battery.

The device spots a 4.5 inch Estrade display with qHD 960 x 540 resolution, 8 MP auto focus camera with LED flash and 2 MP front facing camera. The low screen resolution was a disappointment and there is no dedicated physical camera button as well.

The Jolla smartphone will runs on gesture based Sailfish OS and planned to start shipping by the end of 2013.

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Jolla - Sailfish OS Based Smartphone is Now Compatible with Android Ecosytem

Jolla is a Finland based smartphone manufacture founded by ex-Nokia employee that continues the work of Nokia abandon MeeGo project. Jolla developed a new operating system (OS) called Sailfish OS which is based on MeeGo OS and the core distribution of Mer project.

The Sailfish OS is a modern OS that based on gesture that similar to the MeeGo based device, Nokia N9. The Sailfish OS was built to be the successor of MeeGo OS and has a better "Swipe" experience with a new user interface.

Recently, Jolla had announced that their Sailfish OS is now compatible with Android ecosystem, in terms of software and hardware compatibility. Which mean, the Jolla device can install the Android Apps and runs it on the Sailfish OS seamlessly.

Another big news for Jolla's fans is that the second batch of production is now opened for pre-orders by this week. So, would you like to pre-order one? Are you a fan of the Jolla too?

Check out the Jolla smartphone specs here.

Source: JollaUsers