Jolla’s 8-inch tablet created something of a frenzy on crowdfunding site Indiegogo late last year, achieving its $380,000 target in just 2 hours of the campaign launching. The tablet will be shipping to early backers in the coming weeks, but we went for a closer look at it here at Mobile World Congress.

The tablet’s standout feature is that it runs the latest version of Sailfish OS, rather than Android or Windows. It’s an attractive, uncluttered interface that makes strong use of gestures for navigation. Swiping in from either side when you’re in an app, for example, will take you to the home screen. A swipe up from below, regardless of what you’re doing on the tablet, will bring up the apps tray.

That quick access makes it extremely easy to switch between apps, without having to return to a home screen first. It’s this multitasking that Jolla is particularly proud of. The home screen itself displays recent apps in a grid, each of which shows live information — recent emails, calendar appointments and so on — so you don’t need to open an app to see what’s new.
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