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October 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?
We are in 2019. Jolla didn’t conquered the world, and it’s not sure if will remain the 3rd smartphone OS, but it’s still there, and the Jolla Phone is still maintained after 6 years. Not bad!
My #Jolla 1 phone still gets updates, after some 6 years… #sailfishos
— André Koot RCX (@meneer) October 22, 2019
6 years ago i was waiting for my first #Jolla smartphone with the legendary #SailfishOS. Those days I thought the future would belong to @JollaHQ I was totally wrong! pic.twitter.com/f6ugZMMyNy
— Shakatus (@Shakatus1) November 2, 2019
Fintech and digital payment will be more and more important, here is a strong call to ING Espana by Fernando Lanero.
It would be nice to se more electronic payment apps.
Want to see in a near future #SailfishOS by #jolla being supported for a bank? Please retweet my answer to @ING_es to show them that #SailfishOS users and @ING_es clients deserves considering too: https://t.co/BLpXdKpJcF or comment the bank tweet directly: https://t.co/oc40omN570 pic.twitter.com/HcWCifKWmE
— Fernando Lanero (@ferlanero) October 4, 2019
Before the official launch, Jolla usually release SF under the Early Access, to the braver in the community who will test the new release in advance. Every time there it’s announce-challenge!
Here below there is the most well crafted announcement, from Sailfish OS News: hashtags, intro, links to Release Notes and Changelog, and even Telegram, everything is in place.
#Jolla Releases #SailfishOS Update 3.2.0 Torronsuo to Early Access Subscribers
Release highlights (link to Telegram channel post): https://t.co/zoqgLF1mrW
Release Notes and Changelog on TJC:
–https://t.co/mdeoohZBpU
–https://t.co/NBmlXgIBsd pic.twitter.com/ago2BpX7Nv— Sailfish OS News (@SailfishOSNews) October 30, 2019
Daniel Finsher, on the other hand, was the first to tweet about it:
#update your #opensource #european #SailfishOS #smartphone pic.twitter.com/CShjfrYtpB
— Daniel Finsler (@danielfinsler) October 29, 2019
Approaching 2020s, the mobile market is living a sort of “OS proliferation”: new OS are born every month!
Volla is particularly interesting – beyond the assonance with Jolla – for the fact that it is a debut and a Kickstarter campaign.
Does this also remind you of something?
The project is German, and points to a simplified management of the UX. Anyway, the operating system is based on AOSP, Android. The hardware instead, should be a Gigaset.
A curiosity: one of the FAQs is already about a possible porting of Sailfish OS.
After more than two years of preparation, we are happy launch our #crowdfunding campaign on #Kickstarter for the #VollaPhone, a #smartphone for your #freedom: https://t.co/ooufJkNkUJ
— Volla (@hello_volla) October 31, 2019
With Color OS 6, Oppo will deliver a brand new visual layout, just but remember that this is always a customisation of Android.
If ColorOS 5.2 is “Smart, Fun and Convenient”, here comes a mind-blowing revolution! With #ColorOS6, you can experience a brand new visual layout, a user-friendly game assistant that reduces latency… and more to come! Stay tuned! #OPPO #LessIsLimitless pic.twitter.com/kJ6lSBPeig
— ColorOS (@colorosglobal) May 22, 2019
Having 2 XA2 available gave me the opportunity to make comparative comparisons: the first was a battery test under wifi, no SIM, lasted 9 days. The XA2 with Android 9 won, there is room for optimisations on the Jolla side, but in any case it is an excellent result per l’Xperia XA2.
Battery test: start!
Benchmarking Android 8 vs Sailfish OS 3 on XA2.#xperiaxa2 #benchmark pic.twitter.com/4dOUedB97r— Jolla-devices (@jolladevices) October 10, 2019
I finally had the time for a side by side versus between the stock and Sailfish OS camera.
A new video is out! Xperia XA2, Android 9 vs Sailfish OS 3: a side-by-side camera comparison.#mobilephotography #sony #xperiaxa2 #sailfishos #Android9 #photobenchmark #cameracomparisonhttps://t.co/GrJmfebWpd pic.twitter.com/E3h6Lk0ify
— Jolla-devices (@jolladevices) October 29, 2019
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