From CNET: Finnish smartphone manufacturer Jolla has successfully taken to crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to seek funding for its new Jolla Tablet. The campaign hit its $380,000 goal in just over two hours of going live. Although the first batch of the 7.9-inch tablets have sold out at a price of $189, a small number of $199 tablets are still available at the time of writing and are due to ship in spring next year.
The tablet itself is a 7.9-inch device, with a 2,048x1,536-pixel resolution, a 1.8GHz quad-core Intel processor and a 5-megapixel camera. Most importantly however, it runs Sailfish OS, an operating system based on Linux and developed by Jolla, initially for its smartphone.
Sailfish is visually and functionally very different from Android or iOS. Navigation is based mostly around swipes, and Jolla COO Marc Dillon told me that its biggest benefit is in its multitasking ability.
Instead of having to switch between active apps, Sailfish OS is able to show multiple live apps on screen at once. When watching sports, Dillon explained, you'll be able to see your social networks on-screen at the same time. I haven't used Sailfish on a larger-screened tablet yet, but with the extra screen space, this feature seems like it would be beneficial.
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