Jolla CEO hopes to put an end to smartphone spec war
Finnish company Jolla and its CEO Marc Dillon are hoping to convince consumers that buying a new smartphone isn't just about the number of cores available and the size of the screen when the company later this year releases the first smartphone based on the Sailfish OS.
Breaking into the smartphone market with a new OS may seem like a tall order, but at Mobile World Congress the backers of several new ones are showing off their software. Mozilla, which develops Firefox OS, has been the most visible, but Jolla is equally determined to make a dent in Google and Apple's dominance.
Jolla was founded by former Nokia employees who wanted to continue the development work the Finnish phone maker had done on the MeeGo OS. The company currently has about 60 employees. Unlike the Firefox OS camp Jolla isn't launching any products in Barcelona. The first Sailfish-based smartphone will hopefully be launched in the next month or two and go on sale before the end of the year.
