Mid 2026: staying alive!
07/05/2026Here’s a new J-D bulletin: this news is focused on the Store itself! In a period like this, on a macro level, we’re facing various unexpected events, and one goal like moving forward and keeping the Store alive is a…
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MWC 2026, a recap
15/03/2026A great MWC for Jolla The recent Mobile World Congress 2026, held in Barcelona from March 2 to 5, represented an excellent opportunity for Jolla to gain visibility. The Jolla Phone 2026 was presented in nine functional prototypes, handcrafted with…
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Early 2025: Sailfish OS 5.0 is out and the true Jolla C2 launch!
27/02/2025The new Sailfish OS 5.0 “Tampella” is finally out for all the new devices! As mentioned by the official blog post (https://blog.jolla.com/sailfish-os-5-0-tampella-is-here/) the latest update – which was actually ready on the repos for some time – is officially rolled…
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The Early 2025 J-D bulletin: on the project itself
20/02/2025After a year like 2024 it was quite difficult to write a good “end of year” post, so here is this new article that is finally out, and it is aimed both at the next few months and at the…
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A mini-guide for an alternative Black Friday week.
18/11/2023The week of Black Friday (and then Cyber Monday) has already arrived and the main Tech shops and technology brands are revealing their offers. But what happens looking phones compatible with alternative/privacy focused/security hardened mobile OS? Here’s a short list…
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A late 2023 update: dealing with more uncertainty
26/10/2023In this October 2023, while I was writing a news to publish this month, another crisis worries the whole world: namely the crisis in the Middle East that began with the terrorist attacks by Hamas on 7 October, followed by…
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Middle of 2023: is the rise of Volla and AI?
09/06/2023Winter 2022 was characterized by the arrival of AI to the general public, or rather AI-based help tools from platforms such as openAI and google Bard. Other more specific tools have arrived such as for example Midjourney. But in the…
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End of #Techtember: 2 new alternative phones added to the J-D Store
29/09/2022#Techtember is already over and it’s time for an update: the J-D Store has been prepared for the winter season, with the arrival of 2 new high-end alternative phones, the Volla Phone 22 and the Google Pixel 6a. Here they…
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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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