Nokia N900 Smartphone: Apps and future Maemo Linux versions
Filed under: Cell Phones, Phone Software | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: October 12, 2009 | 3 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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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
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.
Thanks XXX. I appreciate your advice.
James