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russo_br	2010-04-27 , 16:04
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Originally Posted by bbns

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

Originally Posted by Venemo

Doesn't Qt already fulfills that role?

Originally Posted by mannakiosk

Sounds very much related to this:
"Nokia rolls out Qt SDK for unified mobile developer experience"

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):

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