Jolla Sailfish OS will be available to download for Android users

Jolla has already announced that Sailfish OS will be able to run Android apps, alongwith its own native apps. But the company built by ex-Nokia veterans isn't stopping there. The are forking Sailfish OS so that you can sideload it to any Android smartphone you have. Its in the works at the moment and the CEO of Jolla, Tomi Pienimäki, had this to say on the subject:

”That is the plan. We are on device business and OS business. It is fairly easy to install the OS on Android devices"

”There is no such culture in these parts of the world [Finland], but there are people that are installing new operating systems on their devices. In China it is mainstream. About half of the smartphone buyers are upgrading their older or cheaper devices with a better version of Android.”

“For us it is a possibility to distribute our operating system especially in China. There are websites that already distribute [OS] software and the Chinese customers are doing it so we don’t have to teach them. We just have to get Sailfish to those websites – and to make sure that Sailfish will run on different kind of Android devices.”

The company re-instated that they do not intend to earn money through the OS, instead they will monetize through applications, services and advertising. This is a smart move on Jolla's part, and would probably give it wider adoption.