It’s been a long wait, but SailfishOS 2.0 has been released – only for early access users right now, but since everyone can be an early access user, that’s a moot point. SailfishOS 2.0 overhaul the entire user interface to supposedly make it simpler. Another major change is under the hood – the operating system is now ready for different screen sizes, since the Jolla tablet can ship any moment now.
You can simply swipe left or right between Home and Events, like in a carousel. The App Grid is quickly accessible from anywhere in the UI just by swiping over the bottom edge – you don’t need to go to the Home screen if you want to open a new app.
Events is now richer and smarter by comprising a weather widget with an option to display five-day weather forecast, a calendar widget, as well as grouped and enhanced notification handling. Now you are able to see and do more with your notifications directly in Events, whether they are from native apps or Android apps.
We also added a lot of other enhancements like redesigned App covers for Gallery, Notes, and Camera apps, added many new animations, and made improvements for existing apps like Jolla Store, Calendar, Camera. Just to mention a few.
The update is installing on my Jolla right now, so I don’t have much to add for now. I’ll most likely add the SailfishOS 2.0 phone experience to my Jolla tablet review.
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Am I out of line to say that most of those 38 comments are written by people that, just like myself, don’t use SailfishOS and were just interested in it because we like OSNews?
Good to hear some positive news about SailfishOS. It is clear that they aren’t going anywhere but hopefully the people that ordered the tablets or are using the phones will get a better OS so they can enjoy their hardware more
I can only speak for myself, but it’s difficult to say much about something you’ve zero experience of, ie. SailfishOS. That’s not to say I don’t care or wouldn’t like to get to try it for myself or anything, I just simply don’t know anything about the topic.
I’m waiting for my tablet (would have bought the phone in a heartbeat had they supported the right frequencies.) I still have a place in my heart for my N9, and if I could get my watch (Gear S) to sync with it, I probably would ditch my Note 4 for it…
Hopefully the tablet comes soon, I need a new gadget to play with (not really!)
I just checked on amazon (and several other websites) for “Jolla smartphone” and “Sailfish smartphone” and you can buy covers, screenprotectors or the Nokia N9…but no Jolla smartphone. I saw a newsletter where they mentioned they were available in 108 countries…but there is no Jolla.nl. Even on their shop.jolla.com and jolla.com/jolla I couldn’t find the phone at first. But (in a tiny fond in an unexpected place) you can find http://shop.jolla.com/eu_en/cat-jolla.html/ where there are hardly any (technical) specs. Of course Wiki had all the info you could need. It is a 2.5 year old phone with decent specs for that time (comparable with my 1020) but nothing to get enthousiastic about anymore. The only reason to buy this is because you like SailfishOS… and nobody will ever find out if they like it.
Jolla is roughly the size of the little IT-company that I work for in the little country that I live in. If it wasn’t for their connection with Nokia nobody would have ever heard of them.
The Jolla community seems split on this update.
On one hand, it’s faster, smoother, and “prettier”. See here:
https://together.jolla.com/question/84391/hyc-dont-replace-cover-act…
On the other hand, there are changes to the user interface that people are unhappy with, which primarily seem to be in regards to “cover actions”. See here:
https://together.jolla.com/question/84391/hyc-dont-replace-cover-act…
I haven’t updated yet. I probably will when the update becomes available for all users.
My opinion? I think they are spending too much time “massaging” and “bike-shedding” the user interface instead of adding functionality to the applications. The email and calendar applications aren’t nearly as nice as the ones that were on the Nokia N900.
I’m using Sailfish on Nexus 5, so the update didn’t come out yet.
I also have a Nexus 5, where should I watch to see when 2.0 is available for the 5?
Here: https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/Install_Sailf…
Did the first batch of Jolla tablets finally ship? How is it?
I am still waiting for my tablet
Did not update my Jolla to 2.0 jet also, because I wanted some feedback first – not much coming so I will give it a ride the next days
I made a short video preview of the new UI (for everyone that does not have early access available or others that just want to see how it looks like): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh92aKp50c8