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Jolla Review: Some Rough Edges, But This Linux Smartphone Shows Promise

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 15, 2014

Reviewing the Jolla handset does put me in a quandary. As I discussed in my first impressions piece at the end of 2013 (which you can read here), the Jolla handset is a work in progress. While the hardware is fixed, the full functionality is not available or addresses yet by the operating system. The Jolla’s OS (Sailfish OS) is the key reason to buy this handset, and it still requires a lot of work to bring it up to modern UI standards in terms of flow, connectedness, and ease of use.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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