deadkenny;521124 Wrote: 
> The plan in Nokia is all based around Qt. Symbian continues (and is now
> open source) and the future Symbian^3 and Symbian^4 phones will be Qt
> based, the latter I think far more.
> 
> The idea is that the general smartphones will be Symbian, the top end
> range will be more likely Maemo (or now MeeGo). Both platforms run Qt
> apps.
> 
> From a developer perspective, you don't have to develop specifically
> for each individual OS which has always been the pain with Nokia (e.g.
> having to do a version for S60 3.1, then 3.2, and 5.0). Just develop for
> Qt, and the binaries are compatible across the OS range once the Qt core
> is there. Might have to rebuild for Maemo though, and you may have to
> add some customisations for the different experiences (screen sizes,
> layouts and touch/non-touch).
> 
> P.S. You can do Qt now on S60 3.1, 3.2 and 5.0 phones. Check out the Qt
> for Symbian demos and it just installs the core framework and a bunch of
> apps. They work very well on my E72.
> 
> The plan also is to eventually support Qt apps in the Ovi Store, but
> they need to be easy to install with all dependencies, and it's not
> there yet.
> 
> Oh, and then outside of Qt, there's the WRT framework and I think
> there's an Ovi framework. Not to mention you have the option of Java,
> which is universal even with S40 phones.
> 
> 
> Anyway, I'm planning to play about with Qt. If I manage to pick it up
> and no one else has bothered I might look into a SqueezeCentre remote
> control app of some kind as it's something I'd like, but I know nothing
> about Qt at present so it's going to be a long way off. If someone's up
> for starting an open source dev I'd be interested in helping out once
> I'm up and running. My dev skills are more on the underlying C++ side
> than GUI look and feel though (I'm a software developer, not an artist
> :D), though the C++ is a little rusty as I've been doing C# for a few
> years now. Now if we had Qt.Net on Symbian... :D

Actually,

http://<your SBS host>:9000/handheld 

Works quite well and

http://<your SBS host>:9000/nokia770

Is designed for the exact resolution of the N900.

P


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