If you have a Nexus 5 you can experiment with, you can now experiment with Sailfish OS. A community port has been released, and while it’s clearly not stable or anywhere near production-ready, it’s still interesting to try out on your Nexus 5. It’s not feature-complete, and several things don’t yet work, but it’s getting there.
The flashing instructions are pretty straightforward – in a nutshell, flash CyanogenMod, flash Sailfish on top of it, done. It’s weekend, so have fun!
Last week when I was shopping for a new mobile I briefly considered buying an Android phone (like the OPPO Find 5), something that would most likely have Sailfish support in the near future.
I ultimately decided that I wanted something that would be guaranteed to have complete functionality right now (phone, GPS, camera…) so I went with the real deal and bought a Jolla mobile. It came a few days ago, so it’ll be a fun weekend for me too.
Anyway, this is great news. More devices that are supported by Sailfish means more opportunities that people will have to use it, which means more people in control of their own devices and (hopefully) a bigger application ecosystem.
I’d get one if it had support for LTE or even 3G frequencies in my area. It doesn’t however. So hopefully the next model will have a universal modem already (it should supposedly be produced next year).
Edited 2014-08-08 20:49 UTC
Need another phone for actual use, if this isn’t up to par. Tempting to get a MOTO G to use as a daily driver while playing with sailfish.
Just check the XDA Thread @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-sail…