Looks at the mobile platforms iOS, Android, Symbian, RIM and Windows and how they currently fare. Explains which development technologies are available for them. Takes a look at the future and speculates how Nokia will do with Symbian and MeeGo. Puts Qt, the development framework, into all of this.

1. The mobile market
and Qt
Espen Riskedal
August 2010

2. http://cutehacks.com

3. «Apps! I did it again»
David Pogue / The New York Times

4. Mobile platforms
Android / Google
iPhone / Apple
Blackberry / RIM
Symbian and MeeGo / Nokia
Windows Phone / Microsoft

5. Devices sold per day
Numbers for Q2/Q3 2010 from Informationweek.com - http://bit.ly/9Gb76J
iPhone: 93000
Android: 200000
Symbian: 300000

6. Market share
nd
2 Quarter 2009
Numbers from Canalys and asymco.com http://bit.ly/90mC49

7. Market share
nd
2 Quarter 2010
Numbers from Canalys and asymco.com http://bit.ly/90mC49

8. Developer tools
pushed by manufacturer
Flash /
.NET / Java /
Native WRT Lite / Qt Silverlight J2ME
Air
iPhone X X
Android X
Symbian X X X
Windows X
RIM X X

9. Developer tools
actually there
Flash /
.NET / Java /
Native WRT Lite / Qt Silverlight J2ME
Air
iPhone X X
Android X X
Symbian X X X X X X
Windows X X X X X
RIM X X

10. Developer tools
experimental / research / kinda
Flash /
.NET / Java /
Native WRT Lite / Qt Silverlight J2ME
Air
iPhone X X
Android X X X X X
Symbian X X X X X X
Windows X X X X X X
RIM X X

11. Developer tools
announced
Flash /
.NET / Java /
Native WRT Lite / Qt Silverlight J2ME
Air
iPhone X X
Android X X X X X
Symbian X X X X X X
Windows X X X X X X
RIM X X X

12. App stores
Growth
Average price
70 / 30
Paid content
Indie vs Pro

13. Monetization
Paid
Free
Adds
Premium
Freemium

14. «Qt Everywhere»
qt.nokia.com

15. Helps you create applications
Developed since 1994
Official platform of Nokia

16. «... a big HURRAY to the Qt team at Nokia for bringing Qt to
Symbian – it is truly miles ahead of the old S60 C/C++»
http://blog.symbian.org/2010/07/30/building-orange-wednesdays-in-qt/

17. IDE and library
Extensive
Cross platform

19. Supported platforms
Windows Mac
Linux Unix
Symbian MeeGo
Windows CE embedded Linux

20. Community platforms
Android
Haiku
QNX

21. Development example

22. Where do we go
from here?

23. Nokia near future
N8: An actual flagship phone
MeeGo: Linux based phone
Qt and QML: Ease development
OVI: Will grow

24. N8
12 MP Zeiss camera
HD video recording
HDMI 720p output
Dolby Digital sound
Capacitive multi-touch
HW accelerated UI
http://nokia.com/n8 Qt

25. MeeGo
Intel and Nokia
Intel Moorestown tablet video
Linux based
http://youtu.be/QqeeQd-YNL0
Nokia high end
Intel Tablets
Open development
Qt

26. Qt Quick / QML
Declerative UI
C++ or Javascript
Design vs Logic
Qt 4.7

27. App growth
2009 2015
Total 2.69 billions 21.2 billions
Apple 67% 22%
Android 14% 26%
Symbian 9% 19%
RIM 5% 17%
Numbers from Ovum.com (http://bit.ly/dAV8VB)

28. Conclusion

29. Comeback with N8 and MeeGo
No cross platform solution yet
Qt best alternative on Nokia
Qt on Android needs to happen

30. http://cutehacks.com
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