amk-aka-Phantom :
I am not saying Jolla or this tablet are necessarily bad, but unless you have enough money to justify spending it just to "support" a company or to collect most likely dead-end products, I don't see a reason to buy this.
I appreciate the detailed reply, and agree that you don't see the reasons for buying the Jolla tablet. You would certainly never buy a dead end product like a Windows 7 phone, or a Windows RT tablet, or a Windows Surface (the first one, not the second one), or a ... oh, wait.
Let's start over. I'm quite confident you won't buy a Jolla tablet regardless of what I write. In fact, you'd never even waste your time *discussing* the Jolla tablet on a... oh, wait.
Let's start over again. Your responses were not terribly convincing to those not already locked into the WIndows ecosystem, for the following reasons.
1) While Windows has a lot of applications, most are WIMP (Windows - Icons - Mouse - Pointer) applications. These have worked poorly with Windows tablets over the past 15 years, and nothing about their current tablet products changes that fact. I was, of course, referring to the number of TOUCH-enabled Windows applications, and that number is indeed quite small compared to Android or iOS. Go count them in the Windows store. See? Small. Count the touch-enabled apps in Android Play or even the Amazon store. See? Big.
2/4/5) The point of Jolla is that it's NOT designed for casual use only, but for more powerful scenarios. I can only assume your devotion to Windows has prevented (or more accurately, will prevent) you from giving it a fair trial, correct?
3/7) As with Windows, you're again confusing tools designed for a WIMP interface with tools designed for a touch interface. They are not the same. The reason Microsoft's tablets pretty much require a keyboard to be more than a media device is the same reason a Linux desktop UI on a touch tablet sans keyboard would be as unappealing as the Windows desktop.
6) You appear unaware of who founded Jolla, or the source of many of their team members.
9) Exactly. Your inherent bias leads you to assume inelegance and low quality. I prefer to actually TRY a product before rendering judgment. That's how I know about WIMP apps on a Windows touch device, by the way...
10) "Experience shows that underdogs just don't make it in the tech world when there are already two options to choose from" - like iOS failing in the face of PalmOS and Windows CE and Symbian and Blackberry, or Android failing in the face of iOS and Symbian and Blackberry, or Tesla failing in the face of GM, Ford, Chrysler, Nissan, Mitsubishi..., or Red Hat failing in the face of Solaris, Aix, and Windows Server, or... Oh, wait.
But sure, while some succeed spectacularly and transform industries, a majority of new technologies do indeed fail (a Microsoft fan could create that list far better than me, right?). However, I find it unnecessarily arrogant to presume failure for a new product that had a remarkably successful crowd source funding round, followed by an unexpectedly large investor funding round. Is it not possible in your mind that the early supporters and the commercial investors see something you're missing? Enough to lead them to desire a new product with great potential beyond the limitations of your current favorite OS?
But even if Jolla remains a small player, like Ubuntu on the desktop with its less than 50 million users, it's still a good solution for people for whom at least one of the reasons I listed applies. It may not be a good solution for YOU, since you've undoubtedly delighted in the numerous Windows and Windows Phone commercial flops Microsoft has heavily sprinkled among their quite notable successes.
But good natured ribbing aside, everyone is not you! And that's a good enough reason for me to give Jolla a fair chance, and to avoid criticizing those who desire one for the advantages it most certainly offers.
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