First phone with Sailfish OS

First phone with Sailfish OS will launch in 2014

Jolla, the company founded by ex-Nokia staffers who were laid off when the company killed its Meego OS in favour of Windows Phone, is nearly ready to launch its first product. The smartphone, simply named Jolla, will have a 4.5-inch screen, dual-core CPU, LTE support, an 8 Mega Pixel camera, and swappable colour covers that can trigger OS-level actions when attached. The phone will launch at around the same time as phones based on Ubuntu, Tizen and Firefox OS will hit the market. Unlike the others, the Jolla phone will first launch in Europe, where Nokia's historical appeal will give it an advantage. Sailfish OS is based on Linux and will run side loaded Android apps. The interface relies on gestures rather than physical buttons, as Meego was designed to.