Sony XPeria towards Linux buildroot enabling also #SailfishOS

Sony calls in Kernel developers to support Linux  

Additional to Linux IoT solutions, these awesome steps Sony is taking will also enable building Sailfish OS for Sony XPeria models in much larger scale than already done. In the best case all the models will run on a same Linux kernel. The builds are of course not limited to Sailfish OS only, for example AOSP based mobile operating systems will benefit too.

MWC16 Jolla Sailfish OS Intex Aqua Fish

Jolla at Mobile World Congress 2016 

Event of the year on mobile markets, MWC16 Barcelona, Spain takes place on February 22nd - 25th 2016. Jolla is present 4th time in a row with the latest news on Sailfish OS and its journey towards new devices and countries. After a pretty bad last year, expectations for a better one are high.

System update 2.0.1 Taalojärvi available for test users

January 19, 2016: Sailfish OS 2.0.1.7 Taalojärvi (Early access)

April 28, 2016: Sailfish OS 2.0.1.11 Taalojärvi (Early Access)

Jolla has released their next Sailfish OS system update to the users signed into the Early Access program. The Early Access group is testing the release before it's shared for everybody.

System update 1.1.9.28 Eineheminlampi available for all

Sailfish OS 1.1.9.28 Eineheminlampi for everybody

Released to public on September 24, 2015, this is the same as the 1st Early Access release from September 9th. Early access stage was very active, providing more than 90 bug reports. Two of them were serious enough to be added to the release notes. In general, a lot of users are claiming this is a step away from "unlike", but still welcoming some of the new features

System update 1.1.9 Eineheminlampi available for test users

Release notes: Sailfish OS 1.1.9.28 Eineheminlampi (Early access release) for Jolla phone and Tablet

This Sailfish OS system update is the first official release introducing the user interface of Sailfish OS 2.0, released to the users signed into the Early Access program. The Early Access group is testing the 1.1.9 release before it's shared for everybody.

System upgrade 1.1.7.28 Björnträsket available for all

Jolla smartphone system update:
Sailfish OS 1.1.7.28 Björnträsket

Finally released to public on August 31st, 2015, this is the same as the 4th Early Access release from few days back. Should you install it or not?

Worried about Stagefright Android bug?

If you have a Sailfish OS device, don't worry about MMS, but...

...manipulated media files watched using Android apps might still be a risk. Please use Sailfish OS apps.

But if you have any friends using Android devices, please warn them about this. Stagefright is a serious "remote code excution" bug, and on Android phones a simple MMS message received automatic can cause a problem to about 95% of Android phones out there.

History of Sailfish OS 1.0 by Jolla

November 2013 - July 2015

Since the initial version Sailfish OS 1.0.0.5 Kaajanlampi, released on November 2013, there are 17 updates to this gesture based mobile operating system by Jolla Ltd.

Most of them were released to everybody, and the branch is soon changing to Sailfish OS 2.0 - but look at the amount of work already done:

Facts: Intex Aqua Fish smartphones

Updated on February 14, 2016 

Not here yet! Sailfish OS, operating system developed by Finnish Jolla Ltd. is aiming to be the 3rd OS in mobile world. So where are the devices? After Mobile World Congress Shanghai, a lot of wrong information of upcoming Intex smartphones has been spreading to the world.

I've been following the news closely and contacted Jolla and Intex when needed to keep you up to date with the latest info below:

System update 1.1.7 Björnträsket available for test users

Release notes: Sailfish OS 1.1.7.24 Björnträsket (Early access release) for Jolla phone

Jolla has released their next Sailfish OS system update to the users signed into the Early Access program. They have also shared the official release notes and the change log for this next Sailfish OS version. The Early Access group is testing the release before it's shared for everybody.

Update, August 27th: 4th release, Sailfish OS 1.1.7.28, rolling out for small group of regular users additional to Early Adopters

Jolla got it, Samsung didn't? - Sailfish OS YotaPhone discussed

One possible future, Sailfish OS on YotaPhone. 

Operating system Sailfish OS by Jolla selected among winners, over Tizen by Samsung

It's rumored that the Ministry of Telecommunications in Russia picked Sailfish OS over Tizen as their mobile device operating system.

Arguments in favor for Sailfish OS are better options for security, and for having Russian shareholders in a company Sailfish Holding.

If we'll see Sailfish OS powered YotaPhones, according to experts 1 million of those are expected to sell.

[giveaway] Winners of Round 4

Two winners mentioned below, please contact us to claim your price

The 4th Sailfish OS name guessing contest was on in the end of May 2015. Jolla fans tried to guess some exact information of the next system upgrade.

Update rolled out couple of days ago, so it's time for a nice announcement:

System upgrade 1.1.6.27 Aaslakkajärvi available for all

Update your Jolla with
"Lake of the playing Gods"

Sailfish OS 1.1.6.27 Aaslakkajärvi was published on June 15th, 2015. The English name above is translated using some etymology, see the end of post for more on that. Jolla didn't make changes to the version shared to Early Access users a week ago.

Update: Video added

[interview] Spotify Sailfish OS app for Jolla phone

Spotify for Sailfish OS - is it official?

Spotify Sailfish OS app for Jolla phone or Jolla tablet is a personal project at Spotify started by developer Mario Bob Jelica and joined by his coworker Pär Bohrarper. I had an opportunity to ask a few questions from Bob about himself and this project.

System update 1.1.6 Aaslakkajärvi available for test users

Release notes: Sailfish OS 1.1.6.27 Aaslakkajärvi (Early access release) for Jolla phone

Jolla has released their next Sailfish OS system update to the users signed into the Early Access program. They have also shared the official release notes and the change log for this next Sailfish OS version. The public release should be available in a week or two, here's what's coming up:

[News] Sailfish OS 2 will be more open

Jolla has plans to open Sailfish OS version 2

The news relates to the negotiations in Russia, where Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications is looking for alternatives for Android and iOS.

Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov was awarded the Russian YotaPhone smartphone running the mobile operating system (OS) Sailfish. According to him, Russia in the short term is unlikely to become a world leader in mobile devices, but YotaPhone running on Sailfish has "a great future."

Jolla phone update: Sailfish OS 1.1.4.29 Äijänpäivänjärvi

Jolla system upgrade 13 - Now for everybody

Sailfish OS Äijänpäivänjärvi was first released to test users, and after a few weeks of feedback, to all users on May 4th, 2015: "We'll start rolling out the update to everyone today. If possible, update with the device connected to a charger. If you have phonehook from OpenRepos installed uninstall it before upgrading. Please ensure that you have ~1.5GB of free disk space before attempting to upgrade your Jolla."

Important: This upgrade will break the Facebook account on Jolla, even more than what was informed earlier

Update: Recommending not to install yet. Lot of possible bugs/issues

Carsten Munk, Jolla Mobile Operating System

The aim is towards openness

April 10th, 2015, STUDIO/K, Netherlands at Awesome IT event: Carsten Munk shared an insight how the start-up Jolla managed to build a mobile OS and a mobile phone with just 100 employees. 

[minor warning] Update 12 rolling out for Early Adopters too early

But soon for everybody

Jolla owners who have joined the Early Adopter program by Jolla might accidentally update their Sailfish OS to version 1.1.4.24 Äijänpäivänjärvi

This version is not officially released yet, and it might not be ready enough even for the Early Adopters. If you have joined the Early Adopter program, please see below how you can avoid installing it too early by accident:

Jolla phone update: Sailfish OS 1.1.2.16 Yliaavanlampi

Jolla system update 11

Sailfish OS Yliaavanlampi was first released to test users, and after a few weeks of feedback, to all users on March 3rd, 2015. What's new, what's still missing?

Note: Please ensure that you have ~1.5GB of free disk space before attempting to upgrade your Jolla

Please give your opinion of this update, we have already more than 1000 valuable user opinions, but it's not enough for the final purpose ;)