Former Nokia that challenge Apple and Android - Expansión.com

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Is there life beyond Apple and Google? Today, operating systems of these two giants share more than 90% of the smartphone market, while Microsoft and BlackBerry fighting for third place in the rankings. With market data in hand, it seems that there is no room for anyone else. But this year will reach alternative.

Some former employees of Nokia who left the Finnish company in 2011, when he was a drifting boat, have developed their own platform: Sailfish. The young company, dubbed Jolla, wants to break into the market with a smartphone operating system based on open. The software has been developed based on MeeGo, a project abandoned by Nokia if Stephen Elop, CEO of the manufacturer, decided to embrace Windows Phone as the operating system for its smartphones.

Features
The phone will be marketed later this year, but you can book online in some European countries, including Spain, for 399 euros, below the price of the main high-end smartphone market. Jolla will have a 4.5 inch screen, 8 megapixel camera, dual-core processor, 16 GB of memory and network support 4G.También have a removable rear panel which will be available in different colors. Depending on the coupling panel that will change the appearance of the phone interface.

Finns Sailfish have ensured that is compatible with applications developed for Android, aware that it is essential to have a wide range of tools to attract consumers.

Nordic firm has already signed an agreement with D Phone to ensure distribution in China, the second largest market for smart phones. Recently announced that it has the support of the Finnish operator DNA. In addition to its own devices, the goal of Jolla’s license the operating system to other smartphone manufacturers.

Alternatives
Sailfish is not the only alternative to the current duopoly smart mobile industry. Telefónica, like other operators, the system supports Firefox OS, whose first terminals reach Spain in the second half of the year.

addition to the mobile version of Ubuntu, one of the most popular distributions of Linux free system, another alternative is Tizen, powered by Samsung. Although Korea has achieved global leadership through Android phones, not to link Google system only. In addition to incorporating Microsoft Windows Phone 8 to its portfolio, commitment to this system for mobile devices managed by the Linux Foundation and also supported by Intel. Samsung integrated its own system, Bada, in Tizen and has announced it will launch this year its first mobile with this platform, which will be compatible with Android applications.