Nokia Releases Qt SDK For Mobile Development

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia has released its unified Qt-based SDK for cross-platform development for Symbian and MeeGo (plus Maemo) devices. The blurb reads: 'Today sees the release of the Nokia Qt SDK, a single easy-to-use software development kit (SDK) for Symbian and Meego application development. Developers can now develop, test, and deploy native applications for Nokia smartphones and mobile computers. The beta version of the SDK is available for download from today, ready for developers to kick off development for new devices, including the just-announced Nokia N8.'"

Comments

Re:Too little too late.

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually Nokia, by using Qt is the only one which doesn't reinvent the wheel.
Application made with Qt will work on Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD, Symbian, Megoo etc..

Nokia, even if their smartphone are not perfect are really doing some nice stuff and are the one which are not playing alone like Apple, Google or RIM.

Re:Can this be what Symbian needs?

[MrNaz]

Qt plus Nokia's commitment to open source plus Nokia's affinity for Python I think will make it the overall winner, despite being behind in the smartphone development race. Building apps using Qt+Pyside should be far nicer and allow for a very modern programming approach with fewer mobile-specific development skills necessary given that Python+Qt are a very common combination for desktop apps as well.

Also, Nokia is the only company that seems to be doing the open source mobile platform right. Android is only half open source, and realistically, it's only open to OEMs. Garage developers are about as welcome in Google's ecosystem as herpes.

Re:Alternatives to C++

[CannonballHead]

A witty quote proves nothing.

No, but a misplaced one can cause compile errors...