Nokia releases Qt 4.6

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Now easier than ever for developers to create great applications for
Symbian, Maemo, and other platforms

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today released Qt 4.6, the latest version of
the cross-platform application and UI framework. Featuring new
platform support, powerful new graphical capabilities and support for
multi-touch and gestures, Qt 4.6 makes developing advanced
applications and devices easier and more enjoyable.

"Qt 4.6 marks an exciting time for developers, regardless of their
target form factor or platform," said Sebastian Nyström, Vice
President, Application Services and Frameworks at Nokia.

"Developers can easily create visually appealing and web-connected
applications for desktops or devices, including targeting the
hundreds of millions of Symbian and Maemo-based devices,"

"The community will enjoy using Qt's intuitive programming interface
to quickly create powerful, appealing applications." Nyström added.

More platforms
Qt 4.6 includes support for the Symbian platform for the first time,
and also adds Windows 7, Apple Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and the
upcoming Maemo 6 to the list of Qt supported platforms. Also
available is community support for real-time operating systems QNX
and VxWorks. Support for Maemo 5 is also currently in development,
with the second technology preview being released today.

Qt support for Symbian and Maemo creates the first opportunity for
developers to target both of these platforms from the same codebase.
Being able to share code across platforms means that the applications
they create will reach the market faster and reach a broader audience
of device users.

Also released today is a technology preview of new Qt APIs from the
Qt Mobility project. These cross-platform APIs provide developers
with functionality such as location for navigation-type devices, as
well as messaging, contacts, and bearer management.

More eye candy
Qt 4.6 builds upon the graphical improvements of 4.5 and enhances
them with the addition of new Animation Framework - including
intuitive state machine functionality - plus new advanced graphics
effects like opacity, drop shadows, glow, and filtering.

More fingers
One of the most exciting new features in Qt 4.6 is the ability to
create multi-touch applications. New multi-touch and gesture based
input methods such as flicking and kinetic scrolling make Qt 4.6 a
powerful framework for creating dynamic, tactile ways for users to
interact with applications and devices.

More horsepower
Qt 4.6 challenges the conventional development notion that advanced
UI capabilities normally come with a significant performance cost.
Extensive work has been done to deliver the best possible performance
while enabling developers to deliver the "wow" effect that is
demanded by users.

Key performance improvements come in the form of a highly optimized,
re-written Qt GraphicsView rendering algorithm, a new OpenGL paint
engine, WebKit, 2D vector graphic support using OpenVG, and new
DirectFB support.

Updated tools
Complimenting the release of Qt 4.6 is an updated release of Qt
Creator, a cross-platform IDE for Qt development. Qt Creator 1.3 and
Qt 4.6 form the Qt SDK which contains everything developers need to
create cross-platform applications.

To learn more about Qt 4.6, Qt Creator 1.3 and to download the
packages, please visit 

http://qt.nokia.com/whatsnew.

About Nokia
Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's
leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in
new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with
personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters
to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information
through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for
communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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