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J-D Store: a mid-2022 update
08/06/2022Weeks have passed and this strange 2022 is also halfway through: the two critical issues are still an increasingly “galloping inflation”, and the question of the war in Ukraine. The two problems chase each other and feed themselves, inflation and…
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Sailfish OS Vanha Rauma was released
07/04/2022A new Sailfish OS release is out: so named because it’s dedicated to a city in the southwest of Finland: Vanha Rauma, which “is a living monument to the enchanting style of old Nordic wooden construction (…) a beautiful examples of…
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The effects of the war in Ukraine on Jolla, a summary
03/03/2022The events: Putin invades Ukraine Let’s start with the breaking news: the Russian army started an offensive in Ukrainian territory, therefore not only in the disputed territories of Donbass and Crimea. Within days the offensive from Belarus reached Kiev, putting…
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Beginning of 2022
01/01/20222022 is here and it’s starting (badly) under the sign of tech inflation and the risks associated with a possible escalation between Russia and NATO. The covid pandemic has already become a background issue… Let’s look at them and how…
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J-D video-tutorial #2: the Other native stores: Openrepos and Storeman app
04/01/2021Many new Sailfish OS users are unaware of the existence of another source of native apps: the portal OpenRepos.net and its app version: Storeman. For various reasons, over the years this alternative store has grown better and today hosts the…
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The 2020 J-D analytics report
31/12/20202020 has finally come to an end, and it’s time for a new year-end analytics report! Here are some data that refer to this domain, jolla-devices.com but which can be used to get an idea of how it is composed,…
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J-D autumn bulletin: JP1 retirement and more
07/12/2020Autumn has passed quickly without big announcements in the Jolla house (for now), Covid is back in Europe but I have decided that it will not be mentioned. A review of what happened, in Tweets: The Jolla Phone retires After…
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Discover Instagraph, the IG client for Ubuntu touch, based on Prostogram!
23/11/2020The Instagraph application for Ubuntu Touch is again able to work with Instagram, the famous social media where you can publish Images and Stories. Despite being an unofficial client, the app manages to work in all the fundamental functions of…
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J-D video-tutorial #1: Installing Android Support, Predictive and Aptoide on licensed devices
13/11/2020I found that a good chunk of site users, and even customers, don’t know about the YT channel. So here is the first video tutorial, which exemplifies the installation of Android Support, Aptoide store (green standard version) and the Predictive…
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J-D bulletin Ferragosto edition
16/08/2020It’s mid-August! This particular summer has flown by, and a new tech “high season” is upon us. Meanwhile, let’s see what happened from June to today, in this selection of tweets. To do list: support for two cameras The…
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Xperia 10 II and Sony iterative design.
16/06/2020One of the odd thing on Android phones is that the families of smartphones are redesigned almost completely every year, giving the feeling that on a stylistic level the manufacturers do not have a clear vision, but are betting on…
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Awakening after the crisis – J-D bulletin #fase3
10/06/2020We’re in mid-June and the time is ripe for a new bulletin! Usually May and especially June are “hot” months for Sailfish OS, before the quiet summer. Furthermore, the Covid-19 epidemic seems to be ended and Europe is getting ready…
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Phase 2 bulletin and the Hamletic doubt: to tracing or not to tracing?
01/05/2020Here is the time for another bulletin. I called it “phase 2” because Europe is now talking about the next phase after the covid-19 outbreak last month. Now tracking contacts is the issue! Also, Jolla dropped a new update this…
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J-D Q1 bulletin / Special edition on Covid
30/03/2020As you may have heard lately, coronavirus is raging around, now officially classified as a pandemic. This issue of the J-D bulletin cannot ignore this problem, and will also deal with this in the first part. Sources on Covid-19 There…
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J-D Store at the time of Coronavirus
06/03/2020As you heard from media, Coronavirus is raging throughout the world, and also in Europe and Italy. J-D Headquarter is right located in Lombardy, one of the two region under yellow area. A number of measures were taken by Italy to…
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The early 2020 J-D bulletin: privacy, smartwatches and a question
27/02/2020On Privacy Privacy is an important issue today, after all the scandals related to Facebook and the marketing of personal data by social media. Here is a dedicated fixed parenthesis: The first effects of Brexit: Just got my @GoogleUK notification…
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Volla Phone: the video review and latest news!
04/02/2020The extender video review After some early contact with Dr. Jörg, I received two prototypes and I used them for 5 days as daily drivers. The result is a long video review of two prototypes received from Volla, one with…
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2019 analytics, and how many are Jolla users?
31/12/20192019 is 99% finished and it’s the appropriate time to check to one year of analytics. Or do some #dataanalysis, following the buzzword. Jolla-Devices is a website fully operative from a full 2 year, so there is some data for…
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Smartphones
Introducing Xperia 10 and the new generation of Sony devices
04/11/2019The next device that will join Sailfish OS will almost certainly be the Xperia 10. Let’s try to get acquainted with this new device and discover it. Xperia 10 is part of the current generation of SONY devices, along with…
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The Post Halloween, October J-D bulletin
02/11/2019October was a so quiet month, looking at Sailfish OS ecosystem, but at the end the latest update came out for early birds. Trick or treat? 6 year after, up and down We are in 2019. Jolla didn’t conquered the…
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