Moore’s Law remains a key factor in the progress of technology — both hardware and software.
The problems in this space are very different from those a software business would have to deal with and we need to start talking about it.
Hardware is hard to do anywhere. Period. It is a very iterative and capital intensive area that requires long-term commitments, more often than not.
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The partnership is part of the Sailfish Africa initiative. Mi-Fone will introduce multiple devices running Jolla’s Sailfish OS, with the first due later this year.
Gearbox Lite is an incubation programme looking to provide hardware startups with equipment, knowledge, advice and funding.