Jolla's Smartphone Launches Today

[Apopas]

In what level is it capable of running android apps?

[jrch2k8]

Does the Sailfish OS have a terminal app and does it run a Bash shell? Does it also have the usual command line tools found on typical desktop Linux distros or can they be installed easily? I'd like to automate stuff using simple Bash scripts. Maybe run some via a cron job.

Also, is there a mechanism to detect events and run specfied scripts? I don't think polling for state changes would be good for battery life. For example, detect when it's inserted into a car dock (if it has one) then turn on Bluetooth and GPS. When it detects that it is connected to my specific car through Bluetooth (maybe using a MAC address or name) then open the music streaming app and set some volume levels. When the Bluetooth connection is closed then close the music app and restore the default volume levels. When undocked, turn off Bluetooth and GPS

1.) well i haven't checked since i stop using them after systemd, verify their dev docs
1.a) systemd handle automation and cron like operations too [check systemd site for more info]
1.b) systemd interfaces are all available through C API[some] or Dbus API
2.) well that is what systemd/udev/kernel do

[guido12]

Does the Sailfish OS have a terminal app and does it run a Bash shell? Does it also have the usual command line tools found on typical desktop Linux distros or can they be installed easily? I'd like to automate stuff using simple Bash scripts. Maybe run some via a cron job.

Also, is there a mechanism to detect events and run specfied scripts? I don't think polling for state changes would be good for battery life. For example, detect when it's inserted into a car dock (if it has one) then turn on Bluetooth and GPS. When it detects that it is connected to my specific car through Bluetooth (maybe using a MAC address or name) then open the music streaming app and set some volume levels. When the Bluetooth connection is closed then close the music app and restore the default volume levels. When undocked, turn off Bluetooth and GPS.

I really hope this is the true sucessor to the Nokia N900 / N9. But I miss the qwerty keyboard :|

Here's a hope someone will make a keyboard other half

That'd be great. You'd think part of the target audience of the Sailfish OS would be former/current N900 users who probably made full use of the slideout keyboard.

[jrch2k8]

wayland and systemd hits the sweet spot for me, ofc add the fact it uses c++11 as native backend with Qt5 + inlined QML plus adding the fact most of your linux native apps in Qt5/systemd just need a recompile to run without a hitch[beyond UX ofc] in jolla[SDK for now ofc]. this phone is like developer's porn

about the hardware, yes is probably weak for an android device with java but with C++ is a different monster overall, i tell from my experience with odroid U2[exynos 4] and some projects i migrated from Android to Qt5/Neon/gcc-4.8/openmp, in some cases i got procedures speedups upto 120x compared to the galvick equivalent and reduced memory usage up to 5x without any special ASM voodoo

[tuke81]

So is it wayland? According to this it is:

https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Porting/Harmattan

[Azpegath]

Why is the LED freaking out like that??!?!?
Hardware specs seem way short for the price.
Dual-core 1.4 GHz identifies the chip as a figment of someone's imagination. The only in-production qualcomm 1.4's are quad-core cortex-A5's w/adreno203. Basically CRAP.
-- either that, or they don't know what they're doing and had to underclock it for stability.

For less than the same price... nexus 5 is better in every way.... so SOURCE CODE??!?!?!

The hardware was old even at the date of launching the news of it, and when the pre-order period started. It's more about the Maemo/MeeGo/Mer community living on, not the hardware. But I do agree that I would be lying if I said I didn't wan't a faster processor or more RAM. It's just not the top priority. The N9 specs weren't really very good either.

[droidhacker]

Why is the LED freaking out like that??!?!?
Hardware specs seem way short for the price.
Dual-core 1.4 GHz identifies the chip as a figment of someone's imagination. The only in-production qualcomm 1.4's are quad-core cortex-A5's w/adreno203. Basically CRAP.
-- either that, or they don't know what they're doing and had to underclock it for stability.

For less than the same price... nexus 5 is better in every way.... so SOURCE CODE??!?!?!

[Azpegath]

I've ordered and payed for mine, but I'll have to wait at least 2-3 weeks before I get it delivered! I'm waaaaaiitiiiiiing!

[bundyo]

I really hope this is the true sucessor to the Nokia N900 / N9. But I miss the qwerty keyboard :|

Here's a hope someone will make a keyboard other half

[grigi]

As long as the video is true to real life (as in the device actually behaves like that) then this looks like a fairly mature first attempt!

Naturally, reasons is all you need :-)