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Nokia N900 Smartphone: Apps and future Maemo Linux versions

Nokia N900 Smartphone: Apps and future Maemo Linux versions

By: Peter Chubb | October 12, 2009 | 5 Comments

The Nokia N900 Smartphone will now be able to have its applications ported much easier soon, to not only its Maemo Linux operating system, but also Windows Mobile and Symbian. This will only be possible with the use of the Qt graphical toolkit to Maemo 5, which we previously mentioned.

The Nokia N900 portable PC and Cell Phone will be released later this month in the UK and will break away from its usual Symbian operating system, as the device will be running on Maemo 5. The main difference is that Maemo 5 makes great use of the GTK+ graphical toolkit for its application-development framework. Nokia have recently announced that futures version of Maemo would switch to using Qt.

According to ZDNet Asia, Nokia acquired Qt following their acquisition of Trolltech, a developer firm back in 2008. Qt is already being used to create interfaces for programs that run on Linux, Mac OS and Windows Mobile, Nokia are still trying to develop a Symbian port for its graphical toolkit.

Work is already underway for an unofficial port of Qt to Maemo 5; this current process is now merging into Nokia’s official port.

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  • James

    Peter – may i ask you a related question about the n900?

    I have been (wholly unsuccessfully) trying to find a mobile security product (anti virus et.c)which supports Maemo 5 so that i can use the phone for online banking et.c. with confidence.

    Do you happen to know of any product which might work here?

    Sorry to go off track but your thoughts would be hugely appreciated.

    many thanks

    James

  • _xxx

    I don’t think that anti-virus is a day-saver here, as bad guys do not have interest in Maemo platform at all. I however think that being a little paranoid is not bad idea – use common sense when doing internet banking. You don’t have to be guru to see that ssl certificate is invalid or URL of the page is not the one you actualy want to visit.

  • James

    Thanks XXX. I appreciate your advice.

    James

  • http://www.paemx.comX Sergio

    ok, by it’s nature, maemo do not require anti-virus application… ok, if I get an infected file I won’t find a problem in my device BUT if I plugg my device in a PC/Lap Top? or if i share my memmory card with someone… they can be affected, aint it? I mean, I’d be infected but I won’t see damages and I can still infect others, right? I believe then, that an anti-virus is necessary!

  • rush

    Why such a sophisticated cell phone like nokia n 900 doesnt have phone banking facility? I really disapointed right after bought that phone