Following Jolla: August 2012

Monday, 20 August 2012

A history of Jolla in 80 seconds

The video above provides a very very short history of how Jolla came to be, and is aimed at a general audience who have probably never heard of Maemo, MeeGo or anything connected to them.

The main idea is to help spread the word about Jolla, and to communicate that they're not just another smartphone manufacturer.

About "Following Jolla"

In 2005, Nokia began the Maemo project to create a new kind of pocket touchscreen computer. Maemo eventually fused with Intel's Moblin to create MeeGo, an elegant and open mobile operating system.

However, Nokia only released one MeeGo-based device (the sublime and very well-reviewed N9) before a controversial change in policy made them switch exclusively to Windows Phone.

Fortunately, some ex-Nokia staff decided to continue the good work done so far, founding a plucky new company called called Jolla and developing MeeGo into a new platform known as Sailfish.

Following Jolla is an unofficial look at Jolla's progress.