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Video of the new Jolla handset 23 May 2013 | 02:45 pm
Here is a nice and thorough video of the new Jolla device by Jolla's chief designer Martin Schüle. There is a nice size comparison between Jolla, the Nokia N9, and an Iphone 4 among other things. Th...
First Jolla device preorders opened 20 May 2013 | 04:48 pm
Today, the 20th of May, Jolla unveiled its first, very reasonably-priced (under 400 €, VAT included!) and modular device. Here are the specs: - 4.5 '' display - dual core, - 4G, - 16 GB expandabl...
First Jolla Sailfish phone to be announced in May 18 Apr 2013 | 02:28 pm
According to finnish economic journal Taloussanomat Jolla will be announcing their first Sailfish smartphone in May. It will be possible to preorder the phone startin in the second half of May. The ...
Sailfish SDK is out! 26 Feb 2013 | 04:04 pm
The day has finally arrived! The much-awaited Sailfish SDK is out in alpha release at https://sailfishos.org/ Currently available for Linux 32 and 64 bit only, but ports to other popular OS's will f...
First well filmed Sailfish OS demo 6 Jan 2013 | 07:18 pm
Hello, everyone, The buzz around Sailfish and Jolla is growing... Engadget has released a good quality demo of the sailfish OS here. It's the first well filmed demo (no shaking camera and chittering...
Querying Oracle instance alertlog via SQL 27 Dec 2012 | 09:12 pm
As of Oracle 11g, the contents of Oracle alert log can be queried directly via a fixed table X$DBGALERTEXT. The PROBLEM_KEY column gives the ORA- error code. However, being a fixed table, it means t...
Jolla Unlike ringtone available for download! 24 Dec 2012 | 01:19 am
If you were like me and loved the theme tune, "Unlike", the first Jolla videos featured, here are some great news for you: Jolla has made it available as a ringtone here. Rings nicely on my phone, to...
Making PostgreSQL logs more verbous 19 Dec 2012 | 05:36 pm
Default PostgreSQL logging is quite discreet. Supposing you would want to log some SQL statements, and in the same time have a more frequent rotation of your logs, here are the lines to change in you...
Trying out Sailfish Mer SDK 19 Dec 2012 | 05:25 pm
For all of those too impatient to wait for a full Sailfish OS binary SDK release (due for Q1 2013), the Mer project has released a good documentation on how to build your own environment under Virtual...
Jolla's Sailfish SDK available soon, and port on Nokia N9 too! 5 Dec 2012 | 08:53 pm
The guys at Jolla seem to be right on schedule! This just came in from Jolla's sailfishos.org Q&A page: When will Sailfish SDK be available? The version presented at Slush is a technical preview. A...
