Thread: No Ovi Maps update for N900
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godofwar424 is offline godofwar424
2010-09-19 , 02:02
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#8
Originally Posted by dchky View Post
You do know what Qt is sir?

While the QT parts are very probably a simple copy and paste with a few tweaks for screen resolution and orientation, the underlying code that drives it all, not so much. Symbian to Maemo, entirely different beast, it's not just a scratchbox recompile, it's a significant rewrite.
You don't know Qt either obviously. If the new maps app is built using Qt. It will be able to be cross compiled for maemo/symbian/meego WITHOUT the need for new code to be written. The only changes in code will be for screen resolution ect.

Its whole design purpose was so that developers could write the program once and then release it across multiple platforms! Nokia probably want to try and get as many platforms as they can into Qt such as Android and WinMo at some point!
 

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