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Sailfish OS: App “Vodman“

If you ever wanted to watch a video on a train or were simply annoyed by very poor or no Internet reception (e.g. when camping or on a plane) or high roaming charges on vacation, this app offers a remedy: For example, you can download a few videos from streaming services such as YouTube, Twitch or even Arte, Kabel 1 and other providers to your Sailfish OS Phone in the hotel or even at home and then simply watch them offline. The app offers ...

Jolla Love Day 2: SFOS Abo Modell

At the Jolla Love Day 2 there was an announcement regarding a new subscription model for Sailfish OS. There should be a 5 Euro / month subscription fee for certain paid features of the OS (mainly App Support for APKs, Microsoft Exchang Support and Textprediction). So far, these are available for a one-off payment of 29-49 euros. (depending on whether it is an upgrade to a new phone or a new purchase) However, this announcement was received ambivalently ...

Jolla Love Day 2: Das neue Jolla Community Phone C2, das Sailfish OS 4.6 Update und Jollas Mind 2-KI Device

Today was Jolla Love Day 2 with a keynote lasting just over an hour and what can we say: There was a lot that Jolla presented to us. The most important news: Sailfish OS 4.6 update is now available in Early Access Support for the Sony Xperia 10 IV and 10 V will come in 1-2 months, app support then in August A new “Jolla Community Phone C2“ has been introduced Subscription model for app support (and co.) introduced The Mercedes E-Class ...

Sailfish OS: Zimpedia

Sometimes you get into situations where the internet just doesn’t work as well as you would like it to. The connection can be poor when you’re out for a walk in the woods, or even in the city there can be dropouts in buildings and so on. If you still need access to wikis, for example, you may have a problem. That’s where Zimpedia comes in. The app can read and search so-called ZIM files. These are practically zipped versions of the website ...

Sailfish OS: Rumors about Sailfish OS 4.6 and new smartphones

FOSDEM took place in Brussels and there were some very interesting rumors about new versions and new supported devices, which I would like to talk about in this video. And if you’d like to answer a few questions from Jolla to help them understand what their customers want to see in the future, please let them know here (note: this is done with Microsoft Forms): Survey

3d Pressure from keyboard supports: The one that keeps breaking or getting lost...

Who doesn’t know them: Those little supports on keyboards that make the keyboard stand up and thus improve the typing feel. A tiny part of half a cent, which destroys the whole feeling as soon as it breaks, but of course only accounts for a fraction of the actual device. And, of course, the gizmos have to be slightly different for virtually all keyboards. But this is where a 3d printer helps tremendously: I’ve now printed several different ...