Jolla's heavily teased launch day in Finland has already spilled some major news: pricing and specs for the first Sailfish OS handset.

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Jolla, the Finnish start-up with a significant number of former Nokia employees, is behind the Sailfish OS, which is expected to launch on hardware during 2013.

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Their Sailfish OS is still under development, but has an Android Compatibility Layer that should answer one of the concerns of a new platform, but it still ties them to Google.

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Jolla, for instance, is going straight for China with its Sailfish OS, and Mozilla is initially introducing Firefox OS in Brazil via a partnership with Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, along with other emerging markets.

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Jolla launched its Sailfish SDK at MWC 2013 and we got the chance to chat with CEO Marc Dillon about the company's history and find out how things have been coming along with Sailfish OS since our hands-on late last year.

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And finally there is Jolla, and the new Finnish post-MeeGo OS Sailfish.

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