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> It will also be compatible with all Android apps and Web apps and come with its “App Gallery,” according to Yu. So likely just a Android fork/rebrand.

saagarjha 7y ago
That’s the likely option, but it’s also possible that they’ve come up with a reimplementation of the Android Runtime…
- Svip 7y ago
  Considering Sailfish OS has done that, they might just have forked that instead. Indeed, I believe there are other re-implementations of the Android Runtime out there, they could just have forked.
  - distances 7y ago
    Sailfish uses Alien Dalvik.
  - mortb 7y ago
    They might already have done that: From Sailfish homepage " Our focus is in licensing the OS to be used in governmental and corporate environments, and Sailfish OS is already used to build local mobile ecosystems in Latin America, Russia, and China. " https://jolla.com/sailfish3/ https://jolla.com/sailfish3/ I had this theory three or four years ago that the smartphone OS will be the next battlefield.
y0ghur7_xxx 7y ago
That's awesome. I hope that all asian phone manufacturers like xiaomi, sony, samsung, and others get together and make an alternative to ios and android. They are big, and they can pull it of. Android apps compatibility is a big plus. Finally some movement in the market.
- friedman23 7y ago
  Yeah, Samsung, Sony, and Huawei getting together to build the os to crush android... Japan, China, and Korea. Three countries that love eachother. /s
  - pcr910303 7y ago
    Korean here, people don’t like the countries itself, (we literally hate Japan), but doesn’t have much feelings to companies or usual people. (We buy Sony products, talk with Japanese people, study in Japan or work in Japan companies...etc) Similar with China. It’s something different... and I’m pretty sure if there is a reason the 3 companies (but I’m not sure if Sony has a significant mindshare in the Android market... isn’t Japan’s phone market Apple + Samsung + < 10%?̊̈) make an Android-compatible OS, they would, and we also would use it.
    - plasticCrane 7y ago
      The more I think about it the more feasible it actually seem. Sony doesn't have a market share that's proportional to their technology at the moment but they can actually occupy the high-end lines in this new ecosystem.
- needle0 7y ago
  They tried with LiMo/Bada/Tizen and couldn't pull it off...

saagarjha 7y ago

That’s the likely option, but it’s also possible that they’ve come up with a reimplementation of the Android Runtime…

Svip 7y ago
Considering Sailfish OS has done that, they might just have forked that instead. Indeed, I believe there are other re-implementations of the Android Runtime out there, they could just have forked.
- distances 7y ago
  Sailfish uses Alien Dalvik.
- mortb 7y ago
  They might already have done that: From Sailfish homepage " Our focus is in licensing the OS to be used in governmental and corporate environments, and Sailfish OS is already used to build local mobile ecosystems in Latin America, Russia, and China. " https://jolla.com/sailfish3/ https://jolla.com/sailfish3/ I had this theory three or four years ago that the smartphone OS will be the next battlefield.

y0ghur7_xxx 7y ago

That's awesome. I hope that all asian phone manufacturers like xiaomi, sony, samsung, and others get together and make an alternative to ios and android. They are big, and they can pull it of. Android apps compatibility is a big plus. Finally some movement in the market.

friedman23 7y ago
Yeah, Samsung, Sony, and Huawei getting together to build the os to crush android... Japan, China, and Korea. Three countries that love eachother. /s
- pcr910303 7y ago
  Korean here, people don’t like the countries itself, (we literally hate Japan), but doesn’t have much feelings to companies or usual people. (We buy Sony products, talk with Japanese people, study in Japan or work in Japan companies...etc) Similar with China. It’s something different... and I’m pretty sure if there is a reason the 3 companies (but I’m not sure if Sony has a significant mindshare in the Android market... isn’t Japan’s phone market Apple + Samsung + < 10%?̊̈) make an Android-compatible OS, they would, and we also would use it.
  - plasticCrane 7y ago
    The more I think about it the more feasible it actually seem. Sony doesn't have a market share that's proportional to their technology at the moment but they can actually occupy the high-end lines in this new ecosystem.
needle0 7y ago
They tried with LiMo/Bada/Tizen and couldn't pull it off...