Jolla working on MeeGo smartphone with Android-applications


The latest information, which comes from the company about its plans Jolla Development MeeGo-smartphone, came last month. Then CEO Jolla made ​​a strange statement that the device will support catalog including many applications. This statement caused considerable confusion, because Nokia has abandoned development of MeeGo, which means neither of which mass and attractiveness of the smartphones to developers we can not go. Now it became known that he had in mind. Smartphone Jolla will not only software HTML5 and Qt, but also support applications written for OS Android? Through the so-called Application Compatibility Layer (ACL). As stated, this will ensure compatibility with the operating system from Google, and will not lose performance. As for other opportunities in the future MeeGo smartphone Jolla, then became aware of the diagonal of its screen. It will not be too big - 3.5 inches, while most manufacturers seeking to maximize this value. But CEO Jussi Hurmola (Jussi Hurmola) noted that Jolla expects the average consumer, and the popularity of iPhone has confirmed that the majority of 3.5 inches is enough. Announcement of the apparatus must be held before the end of 2012, but when it will begin selling the actual unknown.