Nokia Maemo, Intel Moblin gives way to MeeGo

By tim, on February 15th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Nokia’s Maemo operating system, a Linux distribution for mobile devices, is being merged with the Intel-sponsored Moblin distribution to form MeeGo, under the direction of the Linux Foundation:

MeeGo combines Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo projects at the Linux Foundation to create one open source uber-platform for the next generation of computing devices: tablets,

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February 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: google, intel, mobile, nokia, open source, qt, software development | Leave a comment

Is Apple iPhone now unstoppable in the mobile platform wars?

By tim, on October 18th, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve been reflecting on a chat I had with a mobile application developer at Qt Developer Days last week. He thinks that Apple has all-but won in the battle to dominate the SmartPhone platform.

His reasoning is based on a couple of things. The first is that Apple is easily outpacing others in

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October 18th, 2009 | Category: apple, iphone, microsoft, mobile, nokia, qt, software development | 12 comments

Qt goes mobile, gets bling, aims for broader appeal

By tim, on October 14th, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

Here at Qt Developer Days in Munich we’ve heard how Nokia wants to see “Qt everywhere”, and will be supporting Qt on its Maemo operating system and on Symbian, as well as adding specific support for Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6, “Snow Leopard”. Qt already works on Microsoft Windows Mobile, and of

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October 14th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized, internet, mobile, nokia, open source, qt, software development, symbian, trolltech, visual studio | One comment

From Flash to Qt: different tech, same themes

By tim, on October 13th, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

I’m at the Qt Developer Days in Munich, hearing the latest from Nokia on its cross-platform GUI framework. Qt was originally developed by Trolltech, a company acquired by Nokia, and the Qt folk here still call themselves trolls.

So what are the trolls up to? Coming straight from the Adobe MAX conference last week,

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October 13th, 2009 | Category: adobe, qt | 7 comments

Trolltech says Qt for Windows CE coming in May

By tim, on February 26th, 2008 Follow tim on Twitter

Trolltech has announced Windows CE support in the 4.4 release of Qt, its cross-platform development framework. A pre-release is already available. Qt already supports desktop Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, so this plugs a significant gap. Features include SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and OpenGL. It’s good to see this going ahead  despite Nokia’s

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February 26th, 2008 | Category: linux, microsoft, nokia, qt, software development, symbian, trolltech, windows | 2 comments