Here's a massive press release. Between the Symbian announcement, the Trolltech acquisition, and the maemo project, Nokia appears to be the far-and-away leader in code for mobile devices. Correct me if I am wrong, of course. By the way - they're making Symbian open-source.
What will they DO with all this code? It may take months or years to sort it out, but we can expect some massive changes in functionality of mobile device software. No word yet on if the Internet Tablets will be changed at all, but we've already heard plans on interoperability with Qt, Ubuntu, Gnome, and KDE.
The great desire, of course, is for developers to publish ONE application which is instantly available on Qt, maemo, and Symbian devices. This would take a long time if it ever happened, but it's all under Nokia's roof now.
1 comments:
Hmm .. well I hope Nokia not only put resources into acquiring things but also in polishing them and providing good tools for developers. I just hope Nokia isnt trying to do many thing all at once.
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