First Real Alternative to iPhone and Android

Sailfish (Photo credit: Brian Auer)

Mashable reports that a First Real Alternative to iPhone and Android is emerging. Jolla, a Finnish startup, launched a new mobile OS called Sailfish, which the company believes will become a legitimate alternative to the Coke and Pepsi of smartphone platforms: Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.

While the user interface is critical for a new mobile operating system, getting developers on-board is just as important. Jolla has been building its SDK to support smartphones, which consists of Mer Core’s tools, Qt Creator, Jolla UI components, Sailfish UI framework and Sailfish handset application interfaces.

If contributors wish to add support to open standards, they are encouraged to share it with the community to help build the Sailfish OS.

Sailfish’s open nature will ensure that it can support Android applications. Jolla explains:

Many Android applications will run on Jolla devices unchanged. If you want to take advantage of all UI and other features of Sailfish OS and make yourapplications fast, you can port your applications to native QT/QML.

It’s a good start for Jolla, now it has to deliver.

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SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 6: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos demonstrates the image quality of new Kindle reading devices during a press conference on September 6, 2012 in Santa Monica, California. Amazon unveiled the Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Fire HD in 7 and 8.9-inch sizes. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos introduces the new Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire on September 28, 2011 in New York City. The Fire, which will be priced at $199, is an expanded version of the company’s Kindle e-reader that has 8GB of storage and WiFi. The Fire gives users access to streaming video, as well as e-books, apps and music, and has a Web browser. In addition to the Fire, Bezos introduced four new Kindles including a Kindle touch model. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: The new Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire is displayed on September 28, 2011 in New York City. The Fire, which will be priced at $199, is an expanded version of the company’s Kindle e-reader that has 8GB of storage and WiFi. The Fire gives users access to streaming video, as well as e-books, apps and music, and has a Web browser. In addition to the Fire, Bezos introduced four new Kindles including a Kindle touch model. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

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Kindle 2.0 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 6: People try out a new Kindle fire reading device at a press conference on September 6, 2012 in Santa Monica, California. Amazon unveiled the Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Fire HD in 7 and 8.9-inch sizes. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

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Enjoy a variety of entertainment with the Sony SMP-N100 Network Media Player. Wirelessly stream movies, TV episodes, videos, and music from Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Slacker, and more. Easily access your music, videos and photos in up to Full HD 1080p when you connect a USB drive or wirelessly stream them over home network using your PC. You can even download the free “BD remote” app to turn your iPhone, iPod touch, or compatible Android phone into a versatile remote.

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