Nokia announces official Qt port to Maemo 5

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Developers will be able to target the Nokia N900 and upcoming Maemo
and Symbian devices.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced the creation of the official
Qt port to Maemo 5 and published an initial Technology Preview
release. This port to Maemo 5 means that developers can now use Qt to
target the upcoming Nokia N900 device and also ensures that
applications can be easily ported to all Qt's supported platforms
including the next Maemo 6 release as well as Symbian and Windows
Mobile.

The Qt port to Maemo 5 is designed specifically to work within the
Maemo 5 environment, which will power the upcoming Nokia N900 device.
The port itself will be based on Qt's upcoming version 4.6 and is
scheduled for final release in Q1 of 2010.

"With this announcement and our upcoming port of Qt to the Symbian
platform, we will quickly see Qt established as a leading framework
for mobile application development. Developers will be able to use Qt
as a framework to create powerful native applications and with Qt's
Webkit integration, it also provides them with a platform for
creating web applications and services," said Sebastian Nyström, Vice
President of Application Services and Frameworks at Nokia. "Qt's
support for Maemo 5, Maemo 6, Symbian, as well as Windows Mobile
makes Qt the most sensible choice for developers looking to target
multiple devices and achieve the broadest reach with their
innovations."

This port of Qt will incorporate the community-driven 'Qt for Maemo'
project that was created as result of substantial contributions and
enhancements. The community project provided a strong foundation for
building the official port, and because of the open nature of the
project, Nokia was able to base the official port on this code. The
change from a community port to an official port was necessary to
ensure that applications developed with Qt will be compatible with
both future versions of Qt, future versions of Maemo, as well as
Symbian and the other platforms Qt supports.

Developers looking to support the Qt port Maemo to Maemo 5 are
encouraged to visit 

http://qt.gitorious.org and participate in its
further development. Since May 2009, Nokia has received over 400
contributions into Qt and Qt-related projects, which has helped
ensure that Qt remains a stable, robust framework for developers to
innovate on.

Developers looking to learn more about Qt 4.6 should visit


http://qt.nokia.com, as a beta release of Qt 4.6, including the
Symbian port, will be launched next week at the Qt Developer Days
conference in Munich.

Download information
To download the Qt port to Maemo 5 technology preview, please visit


http://qt.nokia.com/maemo.

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