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Home 2013 November [Press Release] HERE Maps, Thousands of Android Apps + New Jolla.com design

[Press Release] HERE Maps, Thousands of Android Apps + New Jolla.com design

Amazing news released by Jolla today! As they are getting ready for their big launch event, some massive updates came across their twitter account today:

Press release: #Jolla smartphones to feature HERE’s maps and thousands of Android apps. http://t.co/AXqpz8eGuu pic.twitter.com/tNU9G9a1q0

— Jolla (@JollaHQ) November 13, 2013

So now that we’re 100% sure that HERE will feature their maps application on Jolla phone, we’re however not quite sure what sort of UI or features will the application pack for us, or is it gonna support Drive mode as well? Of course! But we’ll see that quite soon! No worries there.

According to Jolla’s press release:

“Enabling fast and accurate retrieval of positioning information anywhere in the world, these services are essential for any mobile maps experience. A global map and location content offering also brings Jolla one step closer to achieving a fully equipped mobile operating system. The mapping asset is an integral part of Jolla’s complete user experience.”

The Stunning Jolla Phone

The Stunning Jolla Phone

“We are excited that HERE is providing its leading positioning services for Sailfish OS and that our maps application will be powered by HERE cloud services. This will help us deliver the optimal mobile maps experience to our customers,” says Jolla CEO, Tomi Pienimäki.

Thousands of Android applications available for Jolla devices through Yandex.Store’s Android app store

“Jolla users can easily download top Android applications from Yandex.Store, which run on Sailfish OS thanks to a fully compatible Android runtime provided by Myriad AG.

Currently featuring over 85,000 apps in 17 categories, Yandex.Store offers the best and most popular apps – from social networking and communication apps like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Skype, Viber and WeChat to games like Angry Birds. Yandex.Store will provide in-app purchase opportunities and is available on smartphones and tablets in 37 languages.

An integral part of Jolla’s Sailfish OS is integrated Android compatible application runtime that Jolla has developed in co-operation with Myriad AG, a leading provider of software and services to the mobile and TV industry.

“Jolla’s strategy is always to work with the most respectable service partners in specific markets and create longterm strategic partnerships. We analysed a number of alternative Android app stores to use for our first markets in Europe, and quickly found out that Yandex’s offer is very competitive and that they are very interested in developing their app store together with us for the needs of Sailfish customers”, says Jolla CEO, Tomi Pienimäki.”

There also is a refreshed Jolla.com website for you to give a visit and enjoy!

Check out the new design of http://t.co/y3im6cGgbQ ! It absolutely ROCKS! #Jolla @JollaHQ #Unlike #HOT

— Jolla Users (@JollaUsers) November 13, 2013

So you might wanna check that out as well 😉

There are a lot more to come, stay tuned, we’ll be analyzing the new jolla.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!

Cheers!

Sepehr Noori (James)

Nov 13, 2013Sepehr James Noori

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Comments: 26
  1. Dark Purple Universe
    5 years ago

    Yandex store will be translated to other languages other than English and Russian?

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    • James (Sepehr Noori)
      James (Sepehr Noori)
      5 years ago

      no info on that

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    • Bubbles
      5 years ago

      I saw a photo of German version.

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    • Reks
      5 years ago

      “Yandex.Store will provide in-app purchase opportunities and is available on smartphones and tablets in 37 languages.” I think that’s pretty clear…

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      • Dark Purple Universe
        5 years ago

        Ooops, I missed that.

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  2. egnat69 (@egnat69)
    5 years ago

    woohooo … talk time recalculated to 9/10 gsm/3g … good news ;D

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    • James (Sepehr Noori)
      James (Sepehr Noori)
      5 years ago

      YES! We’ll be covering it in the next article!

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  3. beeberdopf
    5 years ago

    Longer talk time with the same battery! Good news indeed.
    Btw, did you notice they rescaled the bezel again? With the first redesign the upper bezel was narrowed, now they’re the same (narrowed) size. Def. looks better now!
    Smaller bezels! Yay!

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    • James (Sepehr Noori)
      James (Sepehr Noori)
      5 years ago

      Yay about the battery time, but bear in mind that those photos are renders, can be inaccurate 😉

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  4. King Tgier
    5 years ago

    It is amazing

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  5. Determinist
    5 years ago

    Quote from jolla.com:

    Make it yours
    CHOOSE WHAT YOU NEED

    The start-up wizard guides you to select the applications you actually want – we don’t push pre-loaded apps. That way, you’ll also only get updates for what you actually use.

    Yay! no freaking bloatware!!!

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    • James (Sepehr Noori)
      James (Sepehr Noori)
      5 years ago

      \o/ Can’t get better, eh? 😉

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  6. offline?
    5 years ago

    ““We are excited that HERE is providing its leading positioning services for Sailfish OS and that our maps application will be powered by HERE cloud services. This will help us deliver the optimal mobile maps experience to our customers,” says Jolla CEO, Tomi Pienimäki. ”

    Does that mean there won’t be any offline maps available?

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    • James (Sepehr Noori)
      James (Sepehr Noori)
      5 years ago

      That doesn’t say ANYTHING at all. HERE maps has their cloud service in which they have their maps stored. No more details are revealed about the maps application etc.

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      • Shaun Murray (@aegisdesign)
        5 years ago

        If it’s like they have on Nokia platforms, the ‘cloud’ part retrieves favourites, syncs latest map changes, info layers and traffic info. It will also go online to calculate routes based on traffic info.

        In offline mode it just doesn’t sync the latest info relying on what it has on the phone already.

        I would imagine, given Nokia/HERE’s history with Qt apps, they’ve ported the existing Qt apps from the N9/Symbian to Sailfish. Presumably Tizen and Ubuntu also.

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  7. hp
    5 years ago

    I hope it will provide offline map and navigation service

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  8. Panino Manino
    5 years ago

    Breaking News!

    Appello will provide “native mapping experience to Sailfish OS” – http://www.appello.com/news/appello-builds-maps-for-sailfish-os/

    I like the desing.

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    • James (Sepehr Noori)
      James (Sepehr Noori)
      5 years ago

      wow absolutely stunning. Thanks for the tip, I’ll write an article regarding the matter.

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    • Shaun Murray (@aegisdesign)
      5 years ago

      Interesting. I guess I was wrong about HERE porting the old Qt apps then.

      I’m just downloading Appello’s WisePilot GPS onto my Nexus 7 to give it a go. From the screen shots it uses Navteq data (aka HERE) and allows offline maps stored on the device.

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  9. murak
    5 years ago

    Greate news indeed! This just gets better and better. I am in Finland this week and would just love to visit jollas hq, even though I probably would not know what to do if I got there. I got my t shirt on though.

    About the apps though, Jolla and yantex would be wise to get whatsup available. Even though I my selfe can live without it, it is a killer app that many people use.

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  10. Panino Manino
    5 years ago

    Anyone notices this? -> http://www.jollausers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/jollapng2.png

    Look the hours, “11:18”.
    Launch date in November 18?

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    • James (Sepehr Noori)
      James (Sepehr Noori)
      5 years ago

      I don’t think so! I haven’t got my tickets yet that’s unfair 😀 Also Antti Saarnio said “in a few weeks”

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  11. torcida
    5 years ago

    Great News!!

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  12. Ammier
    5 years ago

    This is awesome, I cant wait. Did anyone else notice the renders are a little off? One side of the bezel is thicker than the other. In general though the website is nice and simple but I want to see what the limited edition other half looks like next.

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  13. Bubbles
    5 years ago

    Jolla & Yandex partnership on Russian tech news: http://youtu.be/gA5lQcmzMDo?t=2m14s .

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  14. bulk vitamin c suppliers
    3 years ago

    This website definitely has all of the information I wanted concerning this subject and didn’t know who to ask.

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Sepehr James Noori
Sepehr James Noori

Hi! Sepehr James Noori here! A geek living in Sweden.
Maemo/MeeGo/Mer/Harmattan/Sailfish & Jolla enthusiast who is keen to share knowledge with friends.
Proud N900, N9 and Jolla owner!
Hope you guys enjoy my writing.
Feedback is appreciated!

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