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February 11, 2011
Nokia Says Goodbye To Qt
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 10:16:01 AM
This is a poor move for everyone. Nokia is now pushing Windows Phone 7 and is throwing out Qt in the process. Qt is the development platform for Symbian and even KDE on Linux. Qt is portable and works with nearly every operating system. Nokia's Microsoftish CEO struck the deal with devil and now Qt is being thrown out with the bathwater. Symbian is also killed off. Meego? Dead as well. This will be bad for Nokia.
You get one Meego device and that's it. Everything after is WP7.
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/nokia-developer-news/2011/02/11/letter-to-developers
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Qt will continue to be the development framework for Symbian and Nokia will use Symbian for further devices; continuing to develop strategic applications in Qt for Symbian platform and encouraging application developers to do the same. With 200 million users worldwide and Nokia planning to sell around 150 million more Symbian devices, Symbian still offers unparalleled geographical scale for developers.
Extending the scope of Qt further will be our first MeeGo-related open source device, which we plan to ship later this year. Though our plans for MeeGo have been adapted in light of our planned partnership with Microsoft, that device will be compatible with applications developed within the Qt framework and so give Qt developers a further device to target.
You get one Meego device and that's it. Everything after is WP7.
http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/nokia-developer-news/2011/02/11/letter-to-developers
February 1, 2011
Android Tops Smartphone OS Sales
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on February 1, 2011 at 11:17:16 AM
Nokia's Symbian has dropped to #2 in sales, but is still a huge part of the market. Android is outpacing other operating systems and with tons of new devices coming out, it is easy to see why. I doubt the iPhone on Verizon will do much to stop this. I'm up for renewal on Verizon, but I'm getting an Android phone.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/364816/android-tops-ailing-nokias-symbian
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In the last quarter of 2010, manufacturers shipped 32.9 million Android devices, while Nokia shipped 31 million Symbian handsets globally, according to analyst firm Canalys. Android now holds a third of the market, compared to 31% for Nokia. Apple held steady from the same quarter in 2009 with 16.2% market share, while RIM slid from 20% to 15%. Microsoft fell from 7.2% to 3.1% last year, as it unveiled its new OS, Windows Phone 7.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/364816/android-tops-ailing-nokias-symbian
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