> BlackBerry is dead. Microsoft is dead. Windows Mobile is dead. Amazon > is dead. Kindle is dead. Nokia is dead. Motorola was already dead but > now they are even more dead. Google's Android is dead. Samsung is > dead. LG is dead. Sony is dead. UTStarcom is dead.
I dont know about others but Nokia sure aint dead. It recently bought a company called Trolltech that makes C++ toolkit by the names of Qt for desktops and Qtopia for the mobile world. Its a proven technology and extensively used for a decade now and what makes it beautiful is that your application code is same for Windows, Unix and Mac (Yes, Qt is available on Mac also). To top it all it also has the same toolkit targetted for Java by the name QT Jambi. It comes with thousands of programmers who have been programming using it for a decade and since the toolkit scales from mobiles to desktops seamlessly and from Windows to Mac to Linux also seamlessely, its one power weapon that Nokia just acquired. It just needs to be seen how Nokia uses this to combat Iphone API and Google Android but if I as a developer have to bet my money I will surely put a large bet on Nokia-Trolltech combine though I wont ignore Iphone API and Android totally :). Nokia through Trolltech also gets onto the LiMo (Linux Mobile) platform and I wont be surprised if symbian gives way to LiMo-Qt combination in future Nokia devices and that sure will be one hell of a platform to beat :-) Cheers Pankaj ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
