Jolla To Launch Sailfish Tablet Against Fleet Of Android Products

BANGALORE: Last year Jolla launched its first smartphone running with the Sailfish Linux-based operating system. Now the company wants to add a tablet to its lineup, and it’s taken to crowdfunding site Indiegogo to raise money for the project. It took the company just 2 hours to meet its goals by raising $380,000 and taking pre-orders for 2000 tablets. Now the company plans to ship those tablets in May, 2015.

The company says its tablet will be able to run Sailfish and Android apps, and Jolla is hoping its tablet will stand out by offering what it says is the best multitasking experience available on a tablet. Jolla’s first tablet has a 7.85 inch, 2048 x 1536 pixel IPS display, an Intel Atom quad-core, 64-bit processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a 5MP rear camera, 2Mp front camera, a 4300mAh battery, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and a microSD card slot.

It measures 8″ x 5.4″ x 0.33″ and weighs 13.5 ounces. In other words it’s similar in size and shape to an iPad mini or Nokia N1 tablet. But while the price and specs are part of what makes the Jolla tablet interesting, it’s the software that really sets it apart from anything else on the market.

Sailfish is an open source operating system that grew out of the ashes of the MeeGo operating system Nokia had been working on with Intel before switching to Windows Phone software for its smartphones.

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