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Sound, LED and haptic feedback for Android notifications

Coderus just published a small app which makes using Android IM-applications more appealing on Sailfish OS. The application adds lock-screen icon, sound, LED and haptic feedback to Android notifications.   Until now, Jolla users were only notified with an icon in the notification screen (thus usually no other feedback). A background-process of Coderus’ “Android notifications” […]

2 years ago 7 More
 

[Press] Angry Birds Stella Launcher by Jolla gives a boost to your Android Smartphone

It is NOT the same Jolla launcher that we were all waiting for. It’s another deal which can make us excited as well, but it’s basically following the same stuff that we were waiting for, from the actual launcher, only with some new and different features like Toons TV by Rovio: Sure, I’ll review it […]

2 years ago 12 More
 

HERE Offline Maps on Jolla (Android App)

We do have HERE integration on Jolla from the day one. Not the most promising feature other than a contract with a Swedish company that made the available open HERE integration services look like a Sailfish Silica application. It isn’t an offline mapping solution and it doesn’t support public transportation. Not being offline is okay […]

2 years ago 20 More
 

Sailfish OS Alpha Image for Nexus 7 Available for Download

Slowly by slowly Sailfish OS is catching along with different devices starting from Nexus 4 and many other phones. But this time after quite a long period of indoor development, it’s now available to download for Google Nexus 7 which as you all know is a tablet. Now this doesn’t mean that Sailfish OS, or better […]

2 years ago 3 More
 

[Video] Jolla Launcher Demo

My great friend Michael Faro-Tusino whom you probably already know from MyNokiaBlog and Unleash The Phones and even JollaTides has published a first hands-on video of Jolla Launcher on his LG Google Nexus 5 and kindly allowed us to use his video as a featured content on JollaUsers. According to him the launcher works perfectly on Nexus […]

2 years ago 17 More
 

[Official] Jolla Launcher Released to The First Hundreds of Alpha Testers

Today is the day. Jolla launcher has released to Alpha testers. Not all of them though. See this. It looks absolutely amazing and so identical from the photos Toni posted on JollaSuomi:   JollaUsers and JollaSuomi will record a special video about the release by tomorrow so stay tuned! But for now, how about some […]

2 years ago 1 More
 

Jolla Launcher Alpha Testers; Stay Alert by Tomorrow!

Harri Hakulinen, Jolla’s chief engineer has just announced that they will start rolling out the test links by tomorrow. Thank you for the great interest for Jolla Launcher Community Alpha testing, see my update at https://t.co/X49mVHgvnN — Harri Hakulinen (@HarriHakulinen) June 24, 2014 There is a catch however. Since the demand was much higher than anyone […]

2 years ago 2 More
 

“Jolla Launcher” Community Alpha testing begins next week

Jolla has officially announced that the launcher for Android phones that is going to resemble Sailfish OS user interface (Sailfish UI) will be released next week for alpha testing This means that it won’t be available on Google Play Store *yet* though you will be able to get the APK file and install it on your […]

2 years ago 4 More
 

Sailfish Launcher on Android (Beta) Preview

While we were at MWC a lot of videos were taken and this one was quite lost I would say? But anyhow I have found it and gave it a little bit of edit and just uploaded it for you guys. Now I say as I always say, there are more videos that will come […]

3 years ago 11 More
 

Microsoft announces Android phones under Nokia logo? How it affects Jolla?

It all began last year after Microsoft announced that they will buy Nokia. First non of us believed that almost three years after developing only WP smartphones Nokia would suddenly turn to Android, especially when Microsoft will control Nokia D&S soon enough. But rumors became louder and louder, news about Nokia Android phone where started […]

3 years ago 20 More