As for the timing, Well, yes, I suppose tablet specific programs will start coming out in earnest next fall. But if as I think most devepers are programming their apps as a hobby or a side work, I doubt this will slow them down much. I expect to be able to work on my application a bit more (or rather, a bit! I have not been very active I am afraid).
What I find a bit puzzling is the availability of the SDK -- What is the reason to restrict it so much? I understand it is not to be used for programs to release for the current Sailfish/phone, but letting people try out their programs in an emulator could mean a few more applications running correctly on day T-day one. Just labelling the SDK as beta and warning that things are subject to change should be enough to keep things under control. What am I mising? Cheers, Luciano On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Zoltán Lutor <zoltan.lu...@gmail.com> wrote: > "we will ship a number of loan devices to selected developers by the end of > June" - hmmm... > > Tablet was planned to be released in May, some delays already confirmed > (without new target date) and now we see only selected developers will get > early access to the device&SDK "by end of June"... > July is almost no-work-period in Finland thus nothing can be really expected > before Autumn... :-( > > Please, prove me wrong! :D > > 2015-05-29 9:57 GMT+02:00 Tone Kastlunger <users.giulie...@gmail.com>: >> >> It's an interesting question! I back it up! >> >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Andrey Kozhevnikov >> <coderusin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you, cool news. What about developers, who backed tablet on >>> indiegogo? >>> >>> 29.05.2015 12:52, Iekku Pylkka пишет: >>> >>> Ahoy, >>> >>> >>> >>> Here’s text version from today’s blog post about Tablet Develor Device >>> Loan Program Pilot, you can check full version from: >>> >>> >>> https://blog.jolla.com/jolla-tablet-developer-device-loan-program-starting-soon/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jolla Tablet Developer Device loan program starting soon >>> >>> >>> >>> From the launch of Jolla smartphpone, to the opening of Jolla Harbour [0] >>> (accepting apps to Jolla Store), to the recent introduction of the Jolla >>> tablet [1], our community members have asked for a Developer Program they >>> can participate in. This demand for a Developer Program certainly did not go >>> unnoticed! >>> >>> >>> >>> Already about a year ago, we introduced the community beta (cbeta) group >>> as an endeavor to collect feedback from our community. We take this >>> opportunity to thank our cbeta members for making this a success by giving >>> us honest feedback on how each release candidate is perceived! >>> >>> >>> >>> In addition we’ve been paving the road for a smoother developer >>> experience every step of the way. Some of our efforts have included: >>> accepting more APIs for Harbour, regular Sailfish OS and open source >>> collaboration meetings, renewing Sailfish OS portal at sailfishos.org [2], >>> and also bringing the missing Silica documentation [3] back. >>> >>> Introducing the Jolla Tablet Developer Device loan program >>> >>> >>> >>> We are now ready to take the next step in our Developer Program, and >>> pilot a developer program for the Jolla Tablet! We have decided to make the >>> pilot phase invite-only, to keep the program focused and manageable as we >>> start it off. >>> >>> >>> >>> We aim for an Unlike Developer Program, fitting the unique needs of our >>> community. The developers who will be getting their personal invitations >>> within the next few weeks are hand-picked based on their technical >>> contributions to Sailfish OS. These are active community members (including >>> current cbeta members), and we trust that they will provide appropriate >>> feedback during the pilot to serve the program expansion in the future. >>> >>> >>> >>> What we are piloting now is the Jolla Tablet Developer Device loan >>> program. Within the program we will ship a number of loan devices to >>> selected developers by the end of June, along with early access SDK and >>> tablet Software Release(s). As the SDK and tablet software releases aren’t >>> public yet, the devices and software will be given out for selected >>> developers under a common Product Loan Agreement (PLA). >>> >>> >>> >>> In return, we expect feedback in the form of failure reports and >>> suggestions for better process. We are taking this step by step, so please >>> be patient. We will see how it goes and evaluate what else we can provide or >>> what is needed from the developer community. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you do not receive an invitation for the program pilot, please do not >>> worry and bear with us for a little longer. We will share info about future >>> opportunities to join the Developer Program as it grows. >>> >>> >>> >>> [0] https://harbour.jolla.com/ >>> >>> [1] https://jolla.com/tablet >>> >>> [2] http://sailfishos.org/ >>> >>> [3] https://sailfishos.org/develop/docs/silica/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >>> To unsubscribe, please send a mail to >>> devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >>> To unsubscribe, please send a mail to >>> devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >> To unsubscribe, please send a mail to >> devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > To unsubscribe, please send a mail to devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org -- Luciano Montanaro Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list To unsubscribe, please send a mail to devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org