What is "jolla"

Jolla Oy (sometimes referred to as Jolla Ltd.) is a Finnish technology company; a vendor of mobile devices and the developer of Sailfish OS. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Jolla has its own research and development offices in Helsinki, Tampere and Cyberport, Hong Kong. Jolla was founded in 2011 by former Nokia staff of the MeeGo project team to utilise the MeeGo opportunities and its "endless possibilities".

Pronounced 'yolla', the company name is Finnish for dinghy (a small agile boat or life rescue boat). It was intended as an ironic joke about the "burning platform memo" which contained the metaphor to "jump into the cold sea water" or "burn with burning platform" used in context of the Nokia business activities, in the memo leaked by then-Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in February 2011, with Osborne effect-like consequences.

Jolla may refer to:

• Jolla, a Finnish company that produces mobile devices and develops software
  • Jolla (mobile phone), a smartphone by Jolla
  • Jolla Tablet, a tablet developed by Jolla
  • Jolla OS, a misnomer for Sailfish OS, a mobile operating system developed by Jolla
  • Jolla Launcher, the software to replicate Sailfish OS behaviour, UI and experience on Android OS devices
• La Jolla, a neighborhood of San Diego, California
• USS La Jolla (SSN-701), a United States Navy Submarine
• La Joya (disambiguation)

The Jolla smartphone is a smartphone produced by Jolla that runs the Sailfish OS, released on 27 November 2013 and manufactured in China.