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Feathers McGraw
2018-03-29 , 20:40
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I received a
newsletter
from Jolla this morning, containing a few interesting things:
SailfishOS 3.0
(some new UI features/gestures, and also an under-the-hood update with added security features like encryption)
More about 4G feature phones
Expansion of SailfishX to include the Gemini PDA
What do you think?
In the SailfishOS 3.0 video they seem to have focused a lot on their regional licensing strategy, which doesn't really affect the product for people like us directly but may mean we see Sailfish on some new devices.
However, there were a few teasers for improved features like:
App Access Control
- presumably this is similar to LineageOS's granular control for app access to certain APIs. Definitely interesting, does anyone know more?
Sailfish Device Manager
- is this a "remote wipe" feature for corporate environments? I understand why it's useful to some people/organisations, but I'm not sure how I feel about it myself.
Some kind of
payment service integration
(was this cryptocurrency related?)
Fingerprint scanner support (not new I think but presumably improved)
VPN (already exists but presumably improved for their new business/government focus)
Feature phones don't interest me much (if it's a feature phone, why does it matter which OS it runs?). Does anyone find this interesting?
And then there's the Gemini PDA, which is definitely a cool bit of kit and seems to be shipping now. Is anyone planning on getting one?
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