Tespack's backbag with solar panel really makes my day!

Tespack has unveiled a backbag with a solar panel (7 W) and a batterypack (12 000 mAh). Off I went and purchased one for myself.

The idea is to take batterypack where there is no electricity available. With the help from solar panel one can charge the battery on the go. In addition, when hiking at winter time battery can be charged at home. So no need to wait until sun starts to shine ;D.

I really look forward to see more from Tespack!

Perfect bag when bicycling or hiking!

Batterypack is seated inside the bag.

It also has a 2 A plug for quick charging!

Sailfish OS now available for Nexus 4

Jolla has made Sailfish OS available for Nexus 4 smart phone. In case you want to give it a shot take a look at this site: http://jollasuomi.fi/sailfish-nyt-asennettavissa-android-laitteille/ . Scroll down and you'll find some english as well. Please keep in mind that Sailfish OS for Nexus 4 in NOT fully working yet. There are issues you should take into consideration!

The first european euros2bitcoins -cashpoint has been opened - and tested to work!

A local record store called levykauppa Äx opened the first european euros2bitcoins cashpoint in Helsinki Finland. It's tested to work and now I have some bitcoins in my wallet. As Windows Phone is very popular in Finland (39 %) this test was done using Lumia 920 -smartphone. So this is what actually happened:

• First off I had to open "a bank account" at blockchain.info. Password was needed and a working email as well. After that I saw my account was ok and alive. This all was done with Lumia 920.
• There was a QR-code on screen of my phone. This code was generated by account. I showed QR-code to the cashpoint which read my code.
• So now the line was open. All I had to do was to insert some money (in my case 5 €).
• After only a couple of seconds a transaction happened and my euros appeared as bitcoins on my wallet.
• I got an email which tells me all important information about my wallet.
• It was as easy as that!

Some good and bad things came to my mind.

• Good: I can enter my wallet anytime with a normal web browser. Smart phone is not needed.
• Bad: My 5 euros are out there. God only knows where. Someone might steal them anytime.

A local record store, cashpoint inside

You can use the cashpoint 

either in finnish or english

I've got some bitcoins in my wallet

Almost there - some lucky ones get the new Jolla phone

After so much waiting Jolla Sailfish OS phones will be available In Helsinki Finland. Microsoft Windows Phone - go away! MeeGo and Sailfish OS - stay with us! See the video below. I took it this afternoon (11/27/2013) at ~ 4 PM. Those who made pre-order are standing in the queue and waiting for their phones.

Local operator DNA's popup store will sell the first Jolla-phones on Wednesday in Finland

Local operator called Jolla will sell the absolutely first Jolla-phones on Wednesday in Helsinki Finland. They are already building a popup store (tent) where selling is taking place. Actually dream will come true for only a few. Those who made pre-order earlier this year will receive this magical new phone with Sailfish OS.

If I have some spare time i'll pop up and take some pictures or video. Maybe someone wants to show how Jolla-phone looks like. You never know. Nevertheless, later this year anyone can walk to a store at least here in Helsinki and buy an own Jolla-phone.

Google in Finland is so cool!

Cool news from Finland! Google is investing in Finland. A lot! A little town named Hamina near russian border will receive another investment from Google which is expanding it's server farm. Why Hamina, Finland? Partly because of the cool weather. It takes a lot of energy to cool server farms... but not over here. Just open the window and you'll freeze to death ;P . Another part of the story is, in my opinion, the location of Hamina. Russia and it's second biggest town St. Petersburg is next door. So russian and asian clients can be served this way. Also, finnish stable infrastructure goes to show that nothing much changes here. That's a benefit. And only 50 km west from Hamina there is a nuclear power plant offering cheap energy. Keep in mind that a russian search engine Yandex is also staying in Finland mainly because of the same reasons as Google.

Get your own virtual Sailfish-phone

In case your want a Sailfish-phone of your own go and install Sailfish SDK which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. You'll get an entire environment for developing software for Sailfish and in addition - a virtual phone which can run your test apps. Try this simple app first! Sailfish SDK requires that you have VirtualBox pre-installed.

Sailfish emulator up and running!