Nokia Rolls Out QT SDK for Symbian and Meego App development

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This is a pretty big deal for the future of apps on Nokia, now that there is an official SDK we will probably start to see the ramping up of applications on both Maemo and Symbian devices. A few people over at the maemo.org forums are saying this SDK is pretty easy to use and get developing and much better than the old symbian app development toolkit.
 
QT is awesome. This is where the high quality, high quantity apps will come from. Everyone should check it out. This is why Symbian^3 will be much better than the previous versions of S60.
 
Bingo.

Symbian Signed needs to die a quick death. Like, yesterday.
Otherwise, developers aren't coming back. I hope the decision makers at Nokia realize this.
 
I don't speak to my software developer friends much anymore (I moved, used to live near university tech center), but back when they brought up their mobile programming gripes over a few beers, they mentioned Symbian followed by a string of phrases and words that I won't repeat here.

Last I heard, Symbian Signed was alive and well. Seriously, Nokia, if it's still around, kill it. The company did it to NGage, so for the good, and future of your software platforms, just end it.
 
The best change would be to get rid of it.

It's better, but it's still leagues more difficult than the processes that Apple, Google, and RIM have in place.
 
Don't know, most of my current circle of friends work in finance, on Wall Street (I don't). The only way I stay connected with tech issues these days are magazines, blogs, and the occasional science non-fiction book with little to no math.

If you guys need a 'For Dummies' primer on derivatives or oil futures, though, I can give you that. :D
 
Yeah, like a typical dude I'm not good with keeping in touch. Some are up North in Boston, and last I heard, out West in L.A.; I'm here in NY.
 
Its not as bad as it used to be, although you will pay out the wazoo if you touch anything low level. What's just awful, and totally non-competitive, is the revenue split. After nokia and the carriers get their cut, the devs make around .40 on each dollar.
 
I gather that would depend on the market, i.e. in certain markets you can buy apps independently of a carrier and there, IIRC, Nokia's cut is 30 or 40% and rest would go to the developer, no? Or does it work somehow differently?
 
From what I can find, a Publisher ID used to cost $350/year. To use a test house the cost is 150e per application, unless it is a free application. It seems like writing a Web Runtime App is the cheaper and easier way to go since doesn't require signing and it is done with web tools.
 
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