Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework used by hundreds of thousands of developers worldwide looking to create amazing user experiences on Windows, Mac, Linux/X11, embedded Linux, Windows CE , Windows Mobile, Symbian and Maemo devices.  Qt is used by thousands of companies in a multitude of leading industries enabling them to develop software and devices used by billions of people every day.

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Nokia today released Qt 4.6, the latest version of the cross-platform application and UI framework. The Qt SDK provides everything you need to develop web-enabled desktop, mobile and embedded applications and UIs. It includes the Qt cross-platform application framework and the Qt Creator cross-platform IDE. Featuring new platform support, powerful new graphical capabilities and support for multi-touch and gestures, Qt 4.6 makes developing advanced applications for Symbian, Maemo, and other platforms even easier. Read the rest of this entry »

Today Nokia and Qt released the Beta version of Qt 4.6.0. Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt, one can write applications once and deploy them across desktop, mobile and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code. The beta runs on S60 3rd Edition as well as 5th Edition devices. I’ve installed it on my Nokia N97 and it looks really impressive. The focus of this release has been to stabilize the Symbian port, as well as adding a backend for the Phonon multimedia library enabling simple audio and video playback. The “Colossus” beta-release contains QtCore, QtTest, QtGui, QtNetwork, QtScript, QtSvg, QtWebKit, QtXML and Phonon as well as documentation and examples and demo.

To download Colossus straight to your phone point your phone’s browser to qt.nokia.com/phonedemo. For best performance we recommend to install in Phone memory.

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Today Nokia announced the Qt port for Maemo and the Nokia N900. This isn’t Symbian related at all you might say. However, this means that Qt applications can be easily ported from Maemo to Symbian and also the other way round. Thus both, Symbian and Maemo, benefit from this announcement.

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. Read the rest of this entry »