More than a few
N9 aficionados felt their hearts sink when important
MeeGo team members
left Nokia this week,
putting the fate of the entire swipe-friendly platform in doubt.
Recently-founded Jolla was clearly watching, as it confirmed just in the
nick of time that it's planning to carry the torch further. The Finnish
startup, which includes important members of the N9 team as well as
veterans of the unofficial MeeGo community, not only plans to iterate on
MeeGo but to build its very own smartphone with that foundation. Those
attached to Nokia's interpretation of MeeGo will have to adapt to a few
changes: Jolla's work is based on the related, partly
HTML5-driven
Mer Project and will have a "brand new UI" to go with the new hardware.
It won't be a literal N10 as a result, but we'll find out just what
direction Jolla is taking soon -- it's been working on the phone since
late 2011 with plans to show its work later this year. As long as some
of the N9's spirit carries forward, we have a hunch that a lot of fans
won't mind the absence of a Nokia badge.
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