make money developing for maemo?
 

I have been researching, because in my company we want to enter the business of developing mobile APPs.

Android On the side there is documentation and guidance on how to manage the development of Apps, publication of the AndroidMarket, and profits of the developer.

Same for Apple ....

But for Maemo?, I get tired of looking and searching on Google and within the maemo.org site, but can not find information on the Market, nor on the developer's profit or managed?

I hope you can help ...

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I hope you meant MeeGo, not Maemo. Maemo's dead, sie_group.

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oy! Stop that. Maemo is not dead yet.
If you tell OP that it is dead, OP won't develop for it and that will ensure it's death.

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Because Nokia didn't already announce that Maemo is to be replaced by MeeGo? I'm not sure how Maemo will live or die by a developer that hasn't even made something for it yet when Maemo is already being replaced so soon from now.

If they really wanted to aim for Maemo and still remain viable for the next platform, my guess is that they might want to hedge their bets by developing toward MeeGo primarily with Maemo as an alternative target to develop for.

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Except that GTK is supported in MeeGo for backwards compatibility, and that Qt can target Maemo, MeeGo, and Symbian. Also, I would guess Maemo still has a larger install base than MeeGo at this time.

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Scaring prospective developers away from Maemo will not help it survive.
You should consider recommending QT so that it is possible for the dev to target Maemo as well as Meego (and all the others).

Why would you force them to ignore Maemo? Do you _want_ to kill off interest in Maemo?

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I didn't realize I had the power to force anybody to ignore Maemo. :rolleyes: I must be a Jedi or something, right? I pointed out a clarification--Maemo isn't really a viable platform anymore, given it's going to be replaced pretty darn soon. Was I wrong and why? Do you suggest that it would be better for them, in terms of making money, developing for Maemo rather than developing for MeeGo? Near as I can tell, as I'd pointed out, Maemo's dead.

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more than one develpers will read this post. But w8 a minute what about write code once and compile it to many platforms? if he creates for maemo , he ll make it work easily on other os

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Anyway, the point's been made and jflatt really explained it best.

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Here's what a typical newbie will do when he sees your post: He'll see that you have posted a ton of comments and have been thanked for quite a lot of them. That instantly gives you more credibility than the average poster (you're no longer a troll).
You don't get jedi mind powers, but your words will influence this newbie's decisions because many people have thanked you for the comments you made.

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So wait--first you're telling me to keep quiet about what I want to say, then tell me that what I tend to say gets lots of thanks. Uhhhh... :confused:

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Are you determined on not understanding that your words carry more weight than mine? - and that as a result you might want to consider the consequences of what you post?

I've already said enough. Take from it what you will.

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Here--let's add some real substance to this conversation instead. Something that might actually help the Original Poster (OP):

1) Can you identify some other developers who produce commercially viable software on the N900 and make money off of it?
2) How soon can we expect MeeGo devices to turn up and will they have the Ovi store as well?
3) Does the investment of time and resources pay itself off and produce a profit in Maemo?
4) Would you expect that primarily targeting the MeeGo platform would pay off better than targeting Maemo?
5) Would it be easier to port code from one to the other or the other way around? Would there even be a difference? Maybe the whole point is moot? Or would targeting Maemo now cause problems with quickly and cost effectively porting over to MeeGo later?
6) If you want to argue that GTK or QT would make it easily portable between the two, why even ask the question at all? Why not develop it for the Linux desktop and then just just build for Maemo and MeeGo all at the same time NOW?

Mind you, I have no idea about these things myself--so you can now consider me about as daft as a newbie, despite any credentials you see listed in thanks and posts.

OK, so now... Discuss. :)

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Also, if I may bring up another point: Isn't MeeGo possibly going to be running on many devices from multiple manufacturers (at least Nokia and Intel, for now)? Wouldn't that also provide another incentive over targeting Maemo?

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If you want to develop for the n900/Maemo, by all means you should use Qt, and look at the ovi store. Both are going to be what gets you the best coverage among not just the n900/Maemo, but ultimately all current and future medium/high-end Nokia devices.

Assuming you develop with multiple platform screen sizes in mind (and this is fairly trivial to do with Qt) you can write an app once and reach many many more users (ie, potential customers) than you could with Android or iPhone.

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So basically, develop stuff on Qt and think about platform later?