Jolla Tablet

The Jolla Tablet will be the first tablet designed by Jolla Oy running the company's GNU/Linux Sailfish OS distribution. Announced on 19 November 2014, it is the first crowdsourced tablet.

Jolla Tablet
Developer Jolla
Manufacturer Jolla
Type Tablet
Release date 2015 May
Introductory price 189$[1]
Operating system Sailfish OS (MeeGo Linux-based with Mer core stack)
CPU Z3735F by Intel, 64-bit, 1.8GHz, Quad-Core, with an Intel HD Graphics GPU, with 2 GB of RAM associated to the CPU
Memory 2GB DDR3L-RS RAM + 32 or 64GB EMMC ROM
Storage 32  or 64 GB built-in
Removable storage Micro-SD slot (initially up to 32GB, upgraded to support microSDHC cards up to 128GB) [2]
Display 7.85" IPS panel, 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution , 330 pixels-per-inch, Capacitive 5 points multi-touch
Input
Camera 5 megapixel rear camera Full HD 1080p@60fps video + 2 megapixel front-facing camera
Connectivity
Power battery 3.8V / 4450 mAh
Dimensions
  • Height: 203 mm (8.0 in)
  • Width: 137 mm (5.4 in)
  • Thickness: 8.3 mm (0.33 in)
Weight 384 g (0.847 lb)
Predecessor Jolla
Website Jolla Tablet

Crowd funding campaign

On 19 November 2014, Jolla started indiegogo.com a crowdfunding campaign to fundraise 380,000 USD, needed to release the device, with an offer to preorder devices at a discount if the goal was achieved. The first lot of 1000 tablets, at the price of 189 USD, sold out within three hours of the campaign's opening. Within less than 24 hours the campaign reached 249% of the goal, 1,089,378 USD from 6,848 users.[5] [6] [7]

Release

The Jolla Tablet will be released in the EU, Norway, Switzerland, USA, India, China, Hong Kong, Russia in May 2015, with a release in other countries to follow. On the third day of the campaign, Australia and Canada were announced as additional countries the device will ship to. [8]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Jolla Tablet - world's first crowdsourced tablet".
  2. ↑ "Jolla Tablet - world's first crowdsourced tablet". indiegogo.com. indiegogo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jolla Tablet - world's first crowdsourced tablet". indiegogo.com. indiegogo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jolla Tablet - world's first crowdsourced tablet". indiegogo.com. indiegogo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jolla Tablet - world's first crowdsourced tablet". indiegogo.com. indiegogo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Montano, Jay. "Jolla announces indiegogo fundraising campaign to make their Jolla Tablet (Tech Specs Inside)". MyNokiaBlog.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Samantha Hurst, Samantha. "Update: Jolla Tablet Scores Over $1M in Two Days on Indiegogo". http://www.crowdfundinsider.com''. http://www.crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  8. ↑ team together.jolla.com. "[Jolla Tablet] Which additional countries should we make it available to?". together.jolla.com. together.jolla.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "The Best Tablet at #MWC15 is Jolla Tablet". reviewjolla.blogspot.com. reviewjolla.blogspot.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

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