Thread: Meego the next cool OS?
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gerbick
2010-08-15 , 19:26
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
I don't know what the 'plan' regarding Symbian^3 updateability is, but the Qt story applies nevertheless - even older OSes get up-to-date Qt releases, so should be able to run all software, even that written for Symbian^4 or MeeGo. This is an important difference in comparison to the S60 days where the edition/FP determined what you can(not) do.
program compatibility != os upgradeability

Qt offers the masses (initially) that their software will get updated; however the moment Qt gets past a certain set of features that can be supported by an older phone, then what?

That's not being addressed in regards to these updates in Qt. To my knowledge (and I might be fully wrong here) but Qt 4.7 will not be on the Nokia N810. Qt Mobility will never make it to Maemo 4.1 (Diablo) either. What does Qt offer in those situations once a device is old enough to not be supported by the new features?

It's all fine and dandy at this moment. Not so in the future. I think that part needs to be confirmed about how forward reaching these updates will be.

In the case of Diablo, it might not be that much further.

The fact that the OS will not get any updates is the other problem. Each iteration of Nokia's OS's being deadends... that's soon going to not be the norm due to iOS and Android not following that model. WinMo, Symbian and Maemo seem to be holding onto that archaic model; which I hope goes the **** away. I'd like to have an upgrade path that includes features, programs, bug fixes and OS updates included for my $500+ purchase. It would... at least be nice.
Last edited by gerbick; 2010-08-15 at 19:30.
 

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