The Other Half Returns — Community Innovation Program
forum.sailfishos.org
Hi there, As we approach selling total 5,000 units (🎉), we’re thrilled to announce Batch #3: The Other Half is coming back if we reach 10,000. Just like we defined the next gen Jolla Phone together with the community, we want to design the new The Other Half together with you. We’ll share what’s technically possible, you’ll vote on what to build, and together we’ll create something unique. What is The Other Half? The Other Half (TOH) is a swappable back cover that does more than protect ...

The Other Half (TOH) is a swappable back cover that does more than protect your phone — it transforms it. The original Jolla Phone (2013) pioneered this with open I2C interface and NFC-enabled covers that changed themes and behaviour just by snapping on

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With the new Jolla Phone, we’re taking TOH even further — and we’ll open source the hardware and software interface specs so anyone can design, 3D-print, or produce their own modules. Primarily we plan that the new The Other Half interface would be based on I³C.

  • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zoneEnglish
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    1 day ago

    i wonder what percentage of jolla customers still mistakenly believe SailfishOS to be open source? (most of the ones i’ve met did…)

    Or they admit that it contains “some proprietary components” but don’t really elaborate, perhaps because they themselves do not know which components those are. Still, the insinuation is that it’s mostly free or that the proprietary bits are so insignificant they do not matter, which I’m skeptical of.