Last year ended with the beginning of one of the great phenomena related to the mobile device sector. Jolla, a Finnish company founded by former Nokia workers, gave the green light to the crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise the money necessary for the development of its first tablet with Sailfish OS. Now, a few weeks before its global launch (it will reach most major markets) they have taken advantage of the celebration of the Mobile World Congress to display your product.
The response of users to Jolla's requests was much higher than what the people in charge of the Finnish firm expected. The 380.000 euros they were initially asking for were left behind in just two hours and closed the campaign with a collection of U.S. dollar 1.800.000, 480% more, and 7.200 tablets sold. They even opened a second campaign in February to meet the demand of many users who had not participated the first time and wanted to be part of the project. A phenomenon that places the La Jolla Tablet as one of the candidates to shake up the European market this year.
Its technical file consists of a screen of 7,9 inches and resolution 2.048 x 1.536 pixels, processor Intel Atom 1,8 GHz quad-core, 2 GB RAM, 32/64 GB internal storage expandable with cards microSDHC up to 128GB, 5 and 2 megapixel cameras and a 4.300 mAh battery. It will be available next May in the United States, the European Union, Norway, Russia, China, Hong Kong and Switzerland for a price of U.S. dollar 249 in its version of 32 GB and $ 299 with 64GB.
Original design and improved software
In the following images you can see first-hand the great design of the Jolla Tablet, a computer with its own personality that thanks to its ergonomic shape is very comfortable to use and compensates for its dimensions of 203 x 137 x 8,3 millimeters and 384 grams of weight, figures not too outstanding. At the software level it is interesting to check the news of Sailfish OS 2.0.
The new update fixes some of the problems of the first version, and now it is easier to navigate and find things thanks to the gesture control. We can, for example, move between the home and notification screens by sliding from left to right or change modes by sliding from the top. It also introduces the multi-window, One additional goals they added to the crowdfunding campaign. For those interested, do not worry about the lack of applications, since Sailfish OS 2.0 can run android apps Amulating the buttons on the screen if necessary.
Vía: TheNextWeb
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