There aren’t a whole lot of alternative mobile operating systems of any substance – not even Microsoft and BlackBerry could keep theirs afloat, after all – but there’s a few exceptions, and Sailfish OS is one of those. At Mobile World Congress, Jolla, the operating system’s parent company, announced not only that Sailfish OS is coming to more devices, but also that Sailfish OS 3 is in the works and scheduled for later this year.
Jolla Ltd., the Finnish mobile company and developer of open mobile operating system Sailfish OS today announced Sailfish 3, the third generation of its independent mobile operating system, along with new device support for Sony’s XperiaTM XA2, the Gemini PDA, and INOI tablets. Sailfish is now also available for the new era of 4G Feature Phones.
Engadget had some hands-on time with Sailfish on the Gemini PDA, and I find it a fascinating combination I’d love to try out. Sailfish OS 3 also seems like a worthwhile upgrade, planned for the third quarter of this year. My own Jolla Phone and quite rare Jolla Tablet are still collecting dust somewhere in a closet, and I’m hoping Sailfish OS 3 gives me enough of a reason to dust them off again – I’ve had little reason to otherwise.
It seems this new release will be a nice opportunity to play around with my Jolla phone again.
I bricked it with the last update, because I forgot to deactivate some third party patches before updating