Nokia has recently released Qt SDK 1.1, offering integrated development environment (IDE) for the creation of Symbian and MeeGo applications, as well as desktop apps for Windows 7, Mac OS X and Linux. According to the Finnish company, with this latest version of the SDK, developers get a “complete, easy-to-use tool” that cuts app creation time for Nokia’s touchscreen smartphones in half.
The SDK comes with Qt Quick, a new UI creation kit, which by combining elements of CSS and JavaScript, allows easy creation of “fluid, animated user interfaces with complete project and code editing support,” benefiting “both graphic designers and application developers” as a result.
I always thought that Qt could help Nokia bring more developers to its platforms. However, now that they changed boats and will make Windows Phone 7 their main platform, I’m not sure what to think of it. Sure there are already 100 million Symbian OS-powered smartphones out there with another 150 million incoming — however, to really push Qt forward, Nokia should also port it to other platforms, including Windows Phone 7, Android and perhaps even webOS. By taking that route, it could be able to benefit from developers who may not want to initially target Nokia smartphone owners, but if offered to have their existing apps ready to run on another platform, could easily do so…
Anyway, the new Qt SDK can be downloaded from here.
[Via: MobileBusinessBriefing]