@dwould

thanks for the input. I don't belong to Maemo team (research group is where I belong) but we have pointed out the issues quiet often (especially documentation).

Maemo documentation almost depends on wiki however it lacks of man power to make it organized. Especially outdated document and deprecated APIs are spread everywhere. I have collected some people's opinions and reported.

Personally I would recommend to use Qt as starting point because it ships with hildonized Qt4.5 and Qt4.6 is already in extras-devel. You could do almost everything via Qt (and this is what I have been doing and found most easier to use). Another reason to encourage you to follow the path of Qt is to keep your program compatible with upcoming Maemo 6. However, Maemo is so freedom that you have so many option to choose (both good and bad).

And one thing makes Maemo different is the community. If everyone could keep participate in wiki or application testing or development or simply contribute your opinions, everyone will be benefited.

Regards