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Their crowdsourcing campaign is doing quite good. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jolla-tablet-world-s-first-crowdsourced-tablet https://www.indiegogo.com/pr

by iamtew 12y ago

Their crowdsourcing campaign is doing quite good. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jolla-tablet-world-s-first-crowdsourced-tablet https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jolla-tablet-world-s-firs... Personally though I'm a bit disappointed that they went the crowdfundign way on this. They didn't have any problems selling their mobile phone, and it's doing quite good as far as I've seen. Also I hope they do continue to produce it afterwards, but this item in the FAQ leaves me wondering: > Will the tablet be available also for general sale or only through Indiegogo? >If there is demand, we'll consider all options. In any case, the Indiegogo contributors will get the tablet first and with the lowest price at the time of delivery.

tormeh 12y ago
Is the phone really doing that well? It's not even available in the US and China.
pjmlp 12y ago
I am yet to see any on the wild. Even Windows Phone has better sales.
- maheart 12y ago
  Windows Phone is backed by a $500B company. Jolla is a company started with ~$250M in funding.
  - pjmlp 12y ago
    Which only increases the issues of the company to stay afloat. They need to manage a steady income of money for their product, which also includes captivating developers to target their platform. This means adding developer evangelism to their costs, on top of the usual consumer oriented costs. Alongside battling against Blackberry and FirefoxOS for that fourth place. Not impossible, but very very hard with their budget.
    - chappi42 12y ago
      One step after another. Sailfish is not yet fully matured, better sail slowly. I think there are/will be enough people who are looking to an alternative to the apple-android-(wp)-mainstream, jolla will do well imho.
- blisterpeanuts 12y ago
  I wonder how many of the Windows Phone users are Microsoft employees or affiliates. After all they're still a big company, with 127K employees around the world.
  - pjmlp 12y ago
    I get to see quite a few devices on the wild in German trains. In the southern and eastern European countries, where we traditionally only use pre-paid phones and contracts are out of reach for most pockets, it is easier to spot Android and Windows Phones than iOS devices. Are the ones using Windows Phones all Microsoft employees and affiliates then?

by iamtew 12y ago

tormeh 12y ago

Is the phone really doing that well? It's not even available in the US and China.

pjmlp 12y ago

I am yet to see any on the wild. Even Windows Phone has better sales.

maheart 12y ago
Windows Phone is backed by a $500B company. Jolla is a company started with ~$250M in funding.
- pjmlp 12y ago
  Which only increases the issues of the company to stay afloat. They need to manage a steady income of money for their product, which also includes captivating developers to target their platform. This means adding developer evangelism to their costs, on top of the usual consumer oriented costs. Alongside battling against Blackberry and FirefoxOS for that fourth place. Not impossible, but very very hard with their budget.
  - chappi42 12y ago
    One step after another. Sailfish is not yet fully matured, better sail slowly. I think there are/will be enough people who are looking to an alternative to the apple-android-(wp)-mainstream, jolla will do well imho.
blisterpeanuts 12y ago
I wonder how many of the Windows Phone users are Microsoft employees or affiliates. After all they're still a big company, with 127K employees around the world.
- pjmlp 12y ago
  I get to see quite a few devices on the wild in German trains. In the southern and eastern European countries, where we traditionally only use pre-paid phones and contracts are out of reach for most pockets, it is easier to spot Android and Windows Phones than iOS devices. Are the ones using Windows Phones all Microsoft employees and affiliates then?