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Ex-Nokia Staff To Build MeeGo-based Smartphones

Posted by timothy on from the hope-springs-eternal dept.

Snirt writes "A group of ex-Nokia staff and MeeGo enthusiasts has formed Jolla (Finnish for 'dinghy'), a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new MeeGo devices to the market. According to its LinkedIn page, Jolla consists of directors and core professionals from Nokia's MeeGo N9 organization, together with some of the best minds working on MeeGo in the communities."

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  1. "Jolla" means "dinghy" in Finnish? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1, Funny

    What does "Nokia" mean - "lie back and think of Finland"?

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  2. Re:Change the god damned name first... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yugo, MeeGo, WeAllGo

  3. Chairs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Over in Redmond, Washington, millions of chairs cried out in terror as a sweaty monkey realised that all that money he's spend was in vain.

  4. How long until their market share exceeds Nokia's? by micheas · · Score: 5, Funny

    12 months?

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  5. Re:It is actually a good idea by squiggleslash · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dunno, maybe they should buy Nokia?

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  6. Re:Good luck by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    And with the rest of the Slashdot posters who chime in they could sell several dozen. Probably even enough to give Windows Phone a run for it's money.

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  7. Re:Change the god damned name first... by 91degrees · · Score: 1, Funny

    I know. Give me a nice sensibly named phone based off Ice Cream Sandwich instead.