![]() In November 2013, we launched the beta version of Sailfish OS to the market with the Jolla smartphone. We quickly enhanced Sailfish OS to run Android apps and it became hardware compatible with Android chipsets. They, or currently ‘we’ saved MeeGo by setting up a new company, Jolla Ltd., to develop the swipe-based MeeGo into the flowing user experience that is Sailfish OS. The passionate team behind MeeGo refused to quit working on the project they’ve believed in. Although the Nokia N9 became the beacon of open source operating systems, Nokia decided to end the project and chose instead to continue with Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. Together they invested around 1 billion USD to the project and created an open source based operating system called MeeGo, which was used as a basis for several devices, such as the iconic Nokia N9. ![]() Prior to 2011 Nokia and Intel had a vision of an open mobile operating system. Sailfish OS’s heritage lies in Nokia times, especially in the MeeGo operating system.
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