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2012-07-09
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Originally Posted by OVK
Hold Your horses, we don't want this thread to turn into sexual fantasies one
Yes. These guys decided to get out of the burning oil platform in a jollyboat and now they can sail whereever they want. The other guy decided to jump to frozen sea, insisted that others jump with him, only to be “saved” by a bunch of pirates that continue to rape them whenever they will.
Edit: picture of jolla: http://www.elisanet.fi/miika.joas/jolla2_L.jpg
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2012-07-09
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Originally Posted by Estel
I never knew anyone could be aroused by small boats, is it a Finnish thing?
Hold Your horses, we don't want this thread to turn into sexual fantasies one
sorry, couldn't resist
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2012-07-09
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Originally Posted by OVK
Their new MeeGo os could run more than just smart-phones but tablets pc's cars and lots of different hardware
Not much new there but here is a short summary for non-Finnish speakers:
-They have about 50 workers at the moment, half of them are ex-Nokia
-They have engineers, designers and software developers in the company
About history of MeeGo:
-Before it ceased many companies were interested to release devices based on it
-People working on MeeGo at Nokia "were spiritually, emotionally and careerwise committed to MeeGo"
Why MeeGo:
-They investigated other possibilities such as Android as well but they "want to lead, not follow"
-Open nature of MeeGo allows them to integrate functionality in the operating system "instead of having applications around the phone"
Timeline:
-Jolla was founded in 10/2011
-Five founders
-They will come public with a device this year. However, he did not say when the device will be available.
My personal thoughts about this:
-50 (probably highly paid since they work in Finland...) engineers on company means that they must have some serious financial backing alreary. They must be already burning a couple of million euros yearly on salaries only. This is not a small startup.
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2012-07-09
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Originally Posted by Rauha
I watched this live and there were a couple of interesting things he mentioned:
By the way new interview from YLE, in finnish, over here http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1575054
-Jolla aims to be big in just a couple of years
-They are using ODM partner to manufacture hardware. He strongly hints that this partner is Asian
-They were surprised by the overwhelmengly positive feedback and are happy about it
...Yle areena does not work in N9, I would otherwise check if there were something else worth mentioning...
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2012-07-09
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Originally Posted by Rauha
Thanks for the link! Nothing really new in the interview that hasn't been said eariler, but the impression I got from it was that the devices will be manufactured in Asia, which is not a big news, but I kind of would have liked, if it had brought more jobs to Finland...
By the way new interview from YLE, in finnish, over here http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1575054
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2012-07-09
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...162579358.html
Can anyone read the whole article?
Mr. Hurmola, a 12-year Nokia veteran who recently joined other ex-Nokia employees at Jolla, said the company needed to raise about €10 million ($12.3 million) from private investors to develop the forthcoming smartphone.
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2012-07-09
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Originally Posted by OVK
At the same time if theyr are: "spiritually, emotionally and careerwise committed to MeeGo" They probadly is ready to work harder for a lower salary than if they worked for Nokia. But yes there must be some cashflow already...
Not much new there but here is a short summary for non-Finnish speakers:
-They have about 50 workers at the moment, half of them are ex-Nokia
-They have engineers, designers and software developers in the company
About history of MeeGo:
-Before it ceased many companies were interested to release devices based on it
-People working on MeeGo at Nokia "were spiritually, emotionally and careerwise committed to MeeGo"
Why MeeGo:
-They investigated other possibilities such as Android as well but they "want to lead, not follow"
-Open nature of MeeGo allows them to integrate functionality in the operating system "instead of having applications around the phone"
Timeline:
-Jolla was founded in 10/2011
-Five founders
-They will come public with a device this year. However, he did not say when the device will be available.
My personal thoughts about this:
-50 (probably highly paid since they work in Finland...) engineers on company means that they must have some serious financial backing alreary. They must be already burning a couple of million euros yearly on salaries only. This is not a small startup.
Atleast I would think that way
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2012-07-09
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Originally Posted by dietyyli
If you google for that URL and go there from Google, it seems to show you the whole article (at least it did me).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...162579358.html
Can anyone read the whole article?
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Quickly translated stuff in the interview:
-They are absolutely stunned about the interest people have shown for Jolla and Meego. First article about Jolla appeared 15 minutes after the first tweet. So far they have made it into mainstream media in Europe, Asia and America. At the moment they are just trying to follow the media attention. Dont have enough PR capabilities to comment and do interviews with everyone interested.
-Doesn't see any trouble coming from Nokia.
-Like the name implies they are going to sea with a small agile boat, but mobile business is very hard for tiny players. They need to get big enough in order to survive. See themselves as enablers of new open option on the market. They dont think Jolla as starting from zero, cause so much Meego and mobile tech&business experience and expertise on board.
-New user experience. Meego best to enable for that. They also thought about Android, but Android is for the ones that follow, not for the ones that want to lead. (Propably means Google's control over Android).
-Hardware designs made in house. Will use ODMs for hardware manufacturing.
-Is very diplomatic about Nokia. Basicly Nokia is too big, too old, and too nice to die out.
Last edited by Rauha; 2012-07-09 at 17:38.