I fear it already has ended; we're just in denial. Once we get past that denial, then we can concentrate on proper alternatives.
Heh, so far we're going back to failed hardware stories that are, from my recollection, over two years old.
Actually I am very pleased that , can now continue using my 2012 7" Amazon Kindle with Fire OS.
The Jolla tablet, I never felt good about it, what it was (outdated, metoo resource hog), how it got presented ("THE Jolla tablet, intimite industrial hangar session, is not needed for just generic OEM tablet) and where it led the UX of Sailfish.
Kindle: I have paid about ~40 Euro's for it after I found a bricked 5 Euro mint one locally (thought I would fix it but couldn't after all) then purchased 2nd hand motherboard from Ebay
Advantages over Jolla tablet:
-low light reading without hurting the eyes in complete dark
-superior loudspeaker performance compared to Jolla
-drop-ability: hard plastic, rounded corners
-huge bezels, easy to handle without involuntary touch actions
-I can easily replace battery myself and can assemble the device in the dark
-somewhat choice of OS thanks to http://www.perfectlyandroid.com/
-it runs Firefox natively
-it has HDMI out (what were they thinking)
-one click convenience to install full Android for only USD 20
-very low cost (paid only 40 Euro)
-no suffering of frustration that things don't move the direction I hoped for with Sailfish/Maemo/Pureview: it already sucks so I can just use it till it breaks and it is perfect for just reading / watching / listening stuff and that's it.
Disadvantage:
-little bit low ram with only 1GB
-can't extend beyond 16GB
-wouldn't trust the available OS'es with my address book so I just keep some dummy data
A tablet with Saiflish is inevitable but I'd rather seen the first many almost discarded 3rd party ex-Android tablets fully working on Sailfish.
So... Any news about refunds or delivered tablets? Anybody know if the tablets are of the 32 or 64 Gb variety? If there is only one kind then it would seem possibe you could get one even if you were not one of the first peope that ordered. But if you ordered the wrong kind you have no chance. For example if you ordered 64gb and only 32gb were made you are out of luck. But if, say, 500 32gb tablets were made and half the folks ordered 64 gb then it is possible that your order number was 950 and you could still get one! Unfortunately this would likely not help me as I'm still too far down the line but just a thought for others to consider.
Also, as this is a leap year Jolla has an extra day to get stuff out by end of February so there's plenty of time!
Jolla Ltd., the mobile company from Finland, is developing mobile devices and Sailfish OS, the independent mobile operating system. The Jolla smartphone, powered by Sailfish OS was introduced to the public in Finland in late-November 2013. Currently Jolla smartphones are available all over Europe, Hong Kong, India and Russia.
Also their Linkedin page tells that Jolla LTD HQ is located in Helsinki. The one in Hong Kong is Jolla Asia LTD.
