Hey guys,


I seen this article a few weeks ago on Ars Technica, I tried to make sense of it but I'm still learning about these things and bceause I have a desire to learn about them I wanted to ask If anyone could help me make complete sense of it. I know that Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. In laymens terms does this announcement just mean it lightens the load on "developers" ( and might help get more on board to create programs, apps, etc... ) , or can it also mean we can get a lot more prog/apps/etc... and things with a better revamped look ( or user interface that utilizes the touch screen ) because of not having to rewriting the source code for the different desktops and mobile devices which intern makes life easier for everyone.

From the sound of things it really hinted, (to me) that it would be more beneficial to next gen tablets and "maybe" current ones, ( I was really just over joyed to see one of my favorite tech sites talking about the NITs with current news) let me know your thought on this guys.

I'm no expert but I'm thinkin' that in addition to being a cross-platform application and UI framework, QT has a greater potential for use on a variety of devices... Scalable, if you will.

No debut it does, but the picture of the N810 in the article with the Qt symbol raised that particular question to me, and thats why I was trying to figure out what it meant to "us in the community" (current tablet users, though i soon over look that other devices run maemo etc..). Like you I'm no expert, but thats why I brought it here to be discussed and for me to learn about if others know a bit about it. in any case your right though it is meant for more then just NITs.

It was always part of the five-step plan.

1. Release a revolutionary internet tablet with a great screen.
2. Get rid of the hard case.
3. Add a keyboard.
4. Reduce the screen size and add a phone (unconfirmed)
5. Change toolkits and chuck away much of the software

(6. Profit!)

As for the potential of QT on other devices, presumably Nokia will use QT on things like their home automation devices.

Nokia are not doing the Nokia Home Control Center anymore.

Thanks for the update, lma. It gets stranger and stranger. I hope when we look back in five years time some of this will make sense.

Nokia's Home Control Center was very well received, both in the wider world and in this forum where we saw a natural symbiosis between it and the N8x0 tablets. It was on line to be a success.

Nokia's product has apparently been licensed to There Corporation. This seems, as far as I can tell, to be founded by the three Maemo developers who suddenly quit Nokia on the same day (but well before Nokia launched the Home Control Center). What do they know that we don't?

There was considertable discussion here about the departure of the Maemo developers, but it will take someone with more search-fu than me to find it.

Regards,
Roger

I don't think the Home Control Center had much to do with Maemo. You may be confusing an unrelated "event" - a bunch of GNOME hackers leaving Nokia last year to join litl, who are still a bit cryptic about it but may be working on similar things.

Thanks lma, those are the three ex-Nokians that I was thinking of.

I see from his blog that Xan Lopez left litl last year. He's a heavy Gnome hacker as you obviously know, and was presenting WebKitGTK+ at the recent Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, whose Platinum sponsors are ... maemo.org and QT!

Its pretty obvious.

As devices get smarter and smarter, even for 'granny', Symbian will be pushed (and tailored) to Nokia's 'low end' and if Nokia are to survive Maemo and what it will become, will be Nokia's high-end (nseries, xseries e.t.c depending on who you talk to).

Nokia are betting the farm on QT to bridge the divide.

Just think 5 years ago, monochrome screens and no camera, low end was the norm, now is a 2 Mpx camera and a colour screen. Its only going to get worse for the low end in terms of catching up with expectations and Symbian is the perfect fit for a non-mainstream phone OS.

Litl are very cloak and dagger at the moment but from what I know you may be reading a little too much between the lines there.