Can MeeGo-Harmattan HE for N900 run the Apps programmed for Nokia N9 ?
 

I am just wondering, in the future, NOKIA finally release N9,

As we all know, N9 use MeeGo OS, but probaberly use Nokia's own UI.

And then, if there comes a pop App to MeeGo, that Maemo 5 do not have, such as Shazam MeeGo Edition.

Then, my question is can this Application run on the N900 with Harmattan-HE installed properly ?

Can I download the app from the OVI store for N9 directly and install it on N900 ?

Or I have to modify the source code of the App, then I can run this app on N900 ?

Anyone can help me on this ? Thanks.

Re: Can MeeGo-Harmattan HE for N900 run the Apps programmed for Nokia N9 ?
 

we can't know ATM so make like everybody here:
wait and see !

and please stop flooding the forum with such speculative threads.

Re: Can MeeGo-Harmattan HE for N900 run the Apps programmed for Nokia N9 ?
 

Maybe you just ask all the questions in one thread and wouldn't do thousand of them with whole question in title and just no info in thread (the other similuar thread u made today)

Re: Can MeeGo-Harmattan HE for N900 run the Apps programmed for Nokia N9 ?
 

you seem to be a bit confused with the Names (which is understandable), so i'll try to clarify things a bit:
there will be no MeeGo-Harmattan for the N900.

The Hacker's Edition of MeeGo will not be based on Harmattan, but on "pure" MeeGo.
edit: disregard that, apparently it will be based on MeeGo proper, but with the Harmattan UX on top (not it's core though). sorry :)

Harmattan is an "instance" of MeeGo which will ship on the N9, but it's not MeeGo proper, it's a hybrid between Maemo 6 (=Harmattan) and MeeGo.
That means, internally it's Maemo 6 (debian based and all), but it will provide a MeeGo Compatibility Layer, to make it behave exactly like MeeGo from a Software Developer's point of view.

Now, the decision to market this System as Nokia's first MeeGo System is a bit... adventurous... and causes all sorts of confusion, but i figure Nokia wanted to get the Brand going.



and to answer your question: Qt Apps will most likely work on both Systems, the effort to port a Qt based Software which was written for the N9 to the N900 should be trivial.

but since the N9 isn't out yet (not even announced), that's all pure speculation. you won't get any definitive answers for now.

Re: Can MeeGo-Harmattan HE for N900 run the Apps programmed for Nokia N9 ?
 

I've obviously missed the announcement of that project's cancellation. Would you be able to provide a link, please?

Re: Can MeeGo-Harmattan HE for N900 run the Apps programmed for Nokia N9 ?
 

that's why i edited my post, marked it red and wrote to disregard that part :)
talk about confusion... ;)

as far as i understand it, there will be 3 flavours of Nokia-MeeGo in 2011:
MeeGo-Harmattan HE on the N900 (Meego Core with Harmattan UX)
MeeGo-Harmattan on the N9 (Maemo Core, Harmattan UX)
MeeGo proper on the N9's successor (though that probably won't happen in 2011).

Re: Can MeeGo-Harmattan HE for N900 run the Apps programmed for Nokia N9 ?
 

There are no official(as in end user support by Nokia) MeeGos for N900, but there are two community projects:

1. MeeGo proper (MeeGo core + MeeGo reference UX), this is done under the MeeGo project with the N900 as an official "reference device" with a professional team doing the porting.

2. MeeGo-Harmattan HE (Maemo 6 core + Nokia MeeGo UX), this is to bring the software on the N900 successor to the N900, including the proprietary bits. Work on this hasn't started yet as there's not even a platform SDK out. Can possibly benefit from the hardware adaptation work done for 1)

That's how I see it.. again, someone please correct if I'm wrong.

On-topic:

If MeeGo-Harmattan HE works out, applications for the N900 successor should work. What AFAIK no-one in the know still hasn't elaborated on is the implications of the security framework, open and closed modes etc. This might possibly have effects regarding Ovi Store and commercial software for example.