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2014-09-09 20:17:23 +0200
"it's important to those planning future developments to know why people are opting out"
You have to know that I'm a self-employed IT-technician. Clients call me for interventions. So I have both their addresses and telnos in my smartphone. Because that way I know who's calling and secondly I can drive to them without hassle because smartphones are usually also capable navigation-tools. I bought the basis of this database from my former employer years ago. So I'm reluctant to use clouds. I think that if Google/MSFT or Apple want me to store my clients on their servers then I want money for that database (just as I had to pay for it myself)... and then in that process they can buy my entire business with it.
1) I need automatic call recording. If you really want to know why then I'll explain it here as well.
--> I asked the creator o/t Harmatan (N9) version of callrecorder if he has any plans to port it to Sailfish. Never got a reply. I think the interest to port or continue that program is gone
2) I have over 700 contacts (with all info like addresses etc...). As explained above this is my personal clients-database. It's a real hassle to continuously remove all contacts in the phone, concatenate a single .VCF-file in Office Outlook and transfer it to the phone manually and import it. Especially since I have easy to use syncing solutions for both my Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGS3) and Nokia 808PureView. I asked the developer of My Phone Explorer if they'd be interested to make it compatible with Sailfish. Again with no response.
So my current workflow to ease that process is to sync my Android device locally, then export my SGS3-contacts to a single VCF-file, beam it to the Jolla phone and import that list. But that requires an Android device at hand... I might as well ditch the Jolla then and just keep the SGS3.
So due to the low response or interest in Sailfish OS from developers for key-ingredients in my workflow I decided to sell my device. I can better spend my money on a newer mid-range Android device that syncs flawless with e.g. MPE and that can record calls depending o/t model and/or brand.
Especially since my main device (Nokia 808PV) still caters for all my needs (and more). My plan now is to sell both the SGS3 and Jolla phone and invest in a newer Android device. After investigation it seems the SGS4 can be tweaked fairly easy to enable call-recording and it's nowadays a nice upgrade from my aging SGS3 without breaking the bank.
So there you have it. My reasons to jump ship and my plans for the near future.
Regards
Would you mind detailing what the missing features are? I for one am curious to know
2Ti ( 2014-09-08 21:10:26 +0200 )edit@2Ti Voicemail notifications for example :) Not just SMS, not used by all operators, but enhanced notifications, asking by many since january : https://together.jolla.com/question/8779/no-notification-when-new-voicemail/#post-id-17093
TellienInTouch ( 2014-09-08 21:35:06 +0200 )editIndeed, many very basic features are missing ... and connectivity is still a WIP. I want to leave desperately, as it's so frustrating and under featured, but on the other hand I can't stand iOS or Android and my N9 has bricked itself after I stopped using it.
midnightoil ( 2014-09-09 00:13:41 +0200 )editWhy do all these people who don't want to use their Jolla anymore feel the need to tell everyone else on TJC about that? I for one really don't care.
null ( 2014-09-09 02:52:40 +0200 )editit's important to those planning future developments to know why people are opting out. If the next upgrade doesnt give us a decent browser then I'm out too.
snowfun ( 2014-09-09 03:07:14 +0200 )edit