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Ex-Nokia team makes rival smartphone

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The smartphone has interchangeable back panels that alter the phone's software A company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish.The software has been built from the remnants of MeeGo, a project abandoned by Nokia in 2011 in favour of adopting Windows Phone for its handsets.The Jolla phone - pronounced Yol-la - is due to be released by the end of the year, and will only be sold online.It will enter a market already heavily crowded with several operating systems."For a couple of years we haven't had anything really interesting in the mobile phone market," said Antti Saarnio, chairman and co-founder of Jolla."This creates opportunities for newcomers to come in. It's different, but it's purposefully different."The Other HalfThe phone has a 4.5in screen, with an eight megapixel camera. ...

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