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Ex-Nokia employees launch new smartphone

KENYA: A team of ex-Nokia employees has released the first handset running on a new smartphone platform.

The Jolla phone — pronounced Yol-la — is powered by open-source operating system Sailfish, but can run most apps designed for Google’s Android platform.

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