On: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system

[maheart]

* SMS - yes

* Email - yes

* Browser - yes -- the official one browser is based on [an outdated] Gecko engine. Unofficial browsers based on QtWebkit.

* Maps - yes -- the official solution these days is HERE Maps (this requires Android support which is available on Jolla-supported devices). There are several other Map solutions available through OpenRepos (a popular 3rd party repository for Maemo/Meego/SailfishOS software).

While the app ecosystem can in no way compete with the number of apps available in Android or iOS -- if you use your mobile for web-browsing, music, podcasts, weather, timers, etc. it's sufficient.

[u801e → maheart]

> Maps - yes -- the official solution these days is HERE Maps (this requires Android support which is available on Jolla-supported devices).

Do they still provide offline map updates? I have a Nokia N9 and several other Symbian based Nokia phones, but there appear to be no updates to the offline map data.

[subway → maheart]

Calling HERE "officially supported" is a stretch. It's a downright painful to use app running in the android container.

[skykooler → maheart]

The official browser is actually Webkit based. I believe Maemo was the last OS in that lineage to use a Gecko browser (microB).

[maheart → skykooler]

The official browser for SailfishOS is Gecko-based. The SailfishOS browser source code is FOSS, so we can see for ourselves, from https://github.com/sailfishos/sailfish-browser :

> Sailfish Browser uses Sailfish Silica Qt components for the browser chrome and gecko engine with embedlite Qt5 binding.

[skykooler → maheart]

Oh, huh. I suppose I was mistaken. Thanks for clarifying that!