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-   -   No Ovi Maps update for N900 (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=62493)

kev187 2010-09-18 13:55
No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
Looks like the symbian folks are getting a fresh update to ovi maps? Whats good for us Maemo folks?

myrjola 2010-09-18 14:36
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kev187 (Post 819775)
Looks like the symbian folks are getting a fresh update to ovi maps? Whats good for us Maemo folks?
I guess we get our share of complaint threads here :rolleyes:

Well, summer is over and the trainees who made the original Maps version for N900 are long gone.

kev187 2010-09-18 14:41
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
(sigh) Oh well, one could only hope :-)

HtheB 2010-09-18 19:58
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
It'll be out for MeeGo too, since Nokia is using Qt.
Come to think of it, Actually, it should work for the N900 too :)

Arif 2010-09-18 21:11
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
This is a tablet, not a phone. Only Nokia PHONES get Ovi maps! :p

petur 2010-09-18 21:31
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
It will be fun laughing with you guys when the new maps for n900 comes out, just wait and see :P

dchky 2010-09-19 01:31
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HtheB (Post 820027)
It'll be out for MeeGo too, since Nokia is using Qt.
Come to think of it, Actually, it should work for the N900 too :)
You do know what Qt is sir?

While the QT parts are very probably a simple copy and paste with a few tweaks for screen resolution and orientation, the underlying code that drives it all, not so much. Symbian to Maemo, entirely different beast, it's not just a scratchbox recompile, it's a significant rewrite.

godofwar424 2010-09-19 02:02
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dchky (Post 820207)
You do know what Qt is sir?

While the QT parts are very probably a simple copy and paste with a few tweaks for screen resolution and orientation, the underlying code that drives it all, not so much. Symbian to Maemo, entirely different beast, it's not just a scratchbox recompile, it's a significant rewrite.
You don't know Qt either obviously. If the new maps app is built using Qt. It will be able to be cross compiled for maemo/symbian/meego WITHOUT the need for new code to be written. The only changes in code will be for screen resolution ect.

Its whole design purpose was so that developers could write the program once and then release it across multiple platforms! Nokia probably want to try and get as many platforms as they can into Qt such as Android and WinMo at some point!

RogerTHAcctant 2010-09-19 02:42
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
godofwar424, I think essentially dchky was saying the same as you.... he's saying symbian -> maemo is a rewrite, BUT with QT in the middle, it's much more cross platform compatible.

oneFinn 2010-09-19 05:12
Re: No Ovi Maps update for N900
 
Qt or not, only Nokia is able to do the compilation.

And currently it looks like Nokia does not even remember that it has ever manufactured thing called N900. All resources are elsewhere.

I'm quite pessimistic of having Maps on N900 at same level as other Nokia phones. Hopefully I'm wrong..


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