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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Matt on Saturday 23 May 2009 12:22 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> Alleged Nokia Linux smartphone plans exposed by leak
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>>>> | New information about Nokia's Linux strategy has been exposed through a
>>>> | leak. The company is allegedly planning to bring its Linux-based Maemo
>>>> | platform to smartphone devices in 2010.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/alleged-nokia-linux-smartphone-plans-exposed-by-leak.ars
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>>> from the same link:
>>> (((((
>>>> A big question here is what this will mean for Symbian. Nokia is investing
>>>> considerable resources in an effort to open the Symbian platform and make
>>>> it more competitive relative to Linux-based phone operating systems. Given
>>>> Nokia's strong affinity for Symbian and the lengths to which the company
>>>> has gone to make itself the arbiter of Symbian's destiny, it seems hard to
>>>> imagine Nokia simply phasing it out and walking away.
>>>>
>>>> One possibility is that Nokia intends to continue using both platforms for
>>>> a long time during a gradual and highly protracted transition process.
>>>> Another possibility is that Maemo will never completely displace S60 and
>>>> Nokia will simply commit to using each one in certain segments. Regardless
>>>> of which approach Nokia takes, it seems likely that Qt is going to be the
>>>> common layer that facilitates the transition. Nokia's recent port of Qt to
>>>> S60 makes it easier to build applications that can target both S60 and
>>>> Maemo. Harmattan is said to make extensive use of Qt, unlike Maemo 5 and
>>>> all previous versions which have been built on GTK+.
>>>>
>>>> I'm inclined to think that Maemo would make a pretty good smartphone
>>>> platform. Its strong Linux roots and close alignment with upstream desktop
>>>> Linux technologies would make it a more appealing option than Android for
>>>> many third-party developers and hardware makers who don't want to get
>>>> locked into Android's insular ecosystem. The ability to take the vast
>>>> number of existing desktop GTK+ and Qt applications and port them
>>>> trivially to a smartphone is also an appealing factor. The advantage that
>>>> Maemo offers over Symbian is easier application development and a more
>>>> modern platform stack.
>>> )))))
>>
>> It is odd that they choose to maintain two separate codebases, one of which
>> simply has a huge userbase.
>
>
> There has to be a slow transition from S60 to Linux (Maemo and/or
> oFono). Developers will be reluctant to target Linux alone. Those who
> develop for Qt (and perhaps other cross-platform APIs) can
> simultaneously target S60, Windows CE, Linux, and (presumably in the
> future) iPhone OS---as well as all major desktop OSes! Because of the
> large OS diversity in the smartphone market, cross-platform development
> will be irresistible there. I don't think Nokia can stop making S60
> phones until existing S60-specific apps are ported to Qt or replaced by
> Qt apps, and that may take years.
>
> Roy, I think that cross-platform development will be important in mobile
> computing soonest, due to the greater OS diversity there. The apps
> built for mobile computing will spill immediately to the desktop. That
> spillover together with accelerating decline in Windows' desktop usage
> (read: increased desktop OS diversity) will generate a kind of awakening
> to the benefits and necessity of cross-platform development for the
> desktop. When cross-platform apps satisfy all the needs of say
> two-thirds of people, Windows lockin is basically broken, and usage of
> the minority OSes will grow at the expense of Windows usage.
They can also use VirtuaLogix to run several OSes of their choice at once,
assuming there is no licensing fee (Nokia can make both Maemo and Symbian
free -- gratis and libre).
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~~ Best of wishes
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