Japan companies developing common platform for Symbian and Linux
 

Check this news, some Japanese companies are teaming up to create a common platform to run both Symbian and Linux. My guess is that by Linux they mean Meego, since some of the companies are taking part on its development.

Japanese cellphone vendors develop common software platform:
http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-feat...tware-platform

Re: Japan companies developing common platform for Symbian and Linux
 

So it looks like there is a mass migration away from LiMo. Considering the costs involved, I'm not surprised.

I would like to see them come to the MeeGo project, but what exactly they're getting at remains to be seen.

Re: Japan companies developing common platform for Symbian and Linux
 

If you are talking about one SDK for both platforms, it's already there:
http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2010...y-100-package/

Re: Japan companies developing common platform for Symbian and Linux
 

Doesn't Qt already fulfills that role?

Re: Japan companies developing common platform for Symbian and Linux
 

Sounds very much related to this:

"Nokia rolls out Qt SDK for unified mobile developer experience"
http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/...er-experience/

(from this thread on tmo.)

Re: Japan companies developing common platform for Symbian and Linux
 

I don't believe this news was related to Qt, which is a common framework for the development of applications, not Operational Systems.

From what I understood, they are talking about a common SW platform to run both Symbian and Linux O.S. (they are even considering Android too) on different HW, maybe something like a hypervisor. Even with Meego, there is a layer on which you have to develop the drivers for your specific hardware used on the device.

For example, a bluetooth or Wi-Fi controller chipset may execute the same basic functions, but there are many suppliers for this same chipset and each mobile vendor chooses one and thus have to adapt the drivers. My guess is that they are aiming to reduce this effort on the operational system layer, while Qt aims to solve the cross-compatibility issue between different OSes.

Re: Japan companies developing common platform for Symbian and Linux
 

I mentioned on my previous post, but just to summarize:
- Qt is a framework to allow the development of applications that can be compiled with little or none adjustment to run on different Operational Systems, which requires Qt libraries installed
- Operational Systems like Symbian, Android or Meego needs drivers for the specific hardware of each mobile model. As newer models generally include new processors and controllers they need to adapt or create drivers for it. In the example of Maemo or Meego, this would be the HAL (Hardware Adaptation Layer):
http://meego.com/sites/all/files/use...eGo-Arch-2.png