Jolla Sailfish OS launcher to invade Android

Jolla Sailfish OS team have decided they’d be invading the world through Android. Before Sailfish 1.0 is launched across the whole world with smashing success, the company has decided they’d be rolling in a way for users on Android (the most common OS out there today for phones) to test their Jolla-made bits. This test will come in the form of a launcher.

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Jolla hopes to lead you into temptation soon with a launcher for Android that mimics the Sailfish UI. Also during the first half of this year, Jolla plans to offer full firmware downloads for your handsets if you want to end it with Android altogether. The community around open-source Sailfish has successfully ported the OS to a number of devices, but we believe a formal and user-friendly method of distribution is what's being suggested.

A launcher - if you’ve never used one before - essentially puts a skin over the top of the software you use now. Android users will see a much more Sailfish OS-looking operating system on the surface, while under the skin Android will still exist. This launcher will also be free, of course.
Customers are now able to install their preferred Android app store, and choose from hundreds of thousands of available Android applications. In addition, the active and passionate Sailfish OS community has already developed major social media applications, such as Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, and Foursquare, natively to the Sailfish OS." - Marc Dillon, Co-Founder and COO of Jolla

The downloadable Sailfish OS launcher will be appearing in the first half of 2014. Soon after, the full Sailfish OS will be available.

Jolla Sailfish OS launcher to invade Android




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