You're *assuming* that Maemo will gain a load of new applications when Qt is ported to a completely different and as yet unavailable - Symbian^3,^4 - operating system!

Basically you're assuming Qt developers will be willing to port their apps to Symbian and Maemo and take on the burden of supporting both platforms, and while I know porting will be easier with Qt it's not a given that it will happen (even less likely if Maemo remains a niche player).

And you're also assuming Maemo developers will once again redevelop their apps for the third or fourth time. I'm sure many will, but it's getting a bit ridiculous, no?

You're also basing your comment on events that won't even happen until late this year, or more likely sometime next year - so, more waiting yes? All the time the competition moves on in leaps and bounds, gains more apps and even manages to maintain backward compatibility with all previous devices.

Your assumptions are far from convincing that thousands of apps will be coming to Maemo any time soon.