Qt Technology Preview for Maemo 5

Nokia announces today the official port of Qt development framework for Maemo 5 platform. The port itself will be based on Qt’s upcoming version 4.6 and is scheduled for final release in Q1 of 2010. The announcement will boost the application development for Nokia N900 device which is built on the open source Linux-based Maemo platform.

Some of the highlight of the Technology Preview:

• Native look & feel via Hildonized style
• Hardware acceleration with OpenGL ES 2
• Input method support (hardware keyboard and software keyboard)
• Global menu integration - QMenuBar will be mapped to Maemo’s global menu
• Online/offline support in libQtNetwork
• Standard Dialogs support (e.g. file dialog)
• Maemo stacked widget support
• Multimedia playback via Phonon

With this announcement, developers will be able to use Qt as a framework to create native applications and with Qt s Webkit integration. It also provides them with a platform for creating web applications and services for Maemo 5, Maemo 6, Symbian, as well as Windows Mobile without actually having to develop separate apps for each platform. This not only makes life easier for developers, but also makes Qt the most sensible choice for developers looking to target multiple devices.

Get more info at: http://qt.nokia.com/developer/qt-for-maemo-developers

Get source code at: http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-x11-maemo-src-4.6.0-alpha1.tar.gz