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The mobile market The mobile market and Qtand Qt
Espen RiskedalEspen RiskedalAugust 2010August 2010
http://cutehacks.comhttp://cutehacks.com
«Apps! I did it again»«Apps! I did it again»David Pogue / The New York TimesDavid Pogue / The New York Times
Mobile platformsAndroid / Google
iPhone / Apple
Blackberry / RIM
Symbian and MeeGo / Nokia
Windows Phone / Microsoft
Devices sold per dayNumbers for Q2/Q3 2010 from Informationweek.com - http://bit.ly/9Gb76J
iPhone: 93000Android: 200000Symbian: 300000
Market share2nd Quarter 2009Numbers from Canalys and asymco.com http://bit.ly/90mC49
Market share2nd Quarter 2010Numbers from Canalys and asymco.com http://bit.ly/90mC49
Native WRTFlash / Lite / Air
Qt .NET / Silverlight
Java / J2ME
iPhone X X
Android X
Symbian X X X
Windows X
RIM X X
Developer toolspushed by manufacturer
Native WRTFlash / Lite / Air
Qt .NET / Silverlight
Java / J2ME
iPhone X X
Android X X
Symbian X X X X X X
Windows X X X X X
RIM X X
Developer toolsactually there
Native WRTFlash / Lite / Air
Qt .NET / Silverlight
Java / J2ME
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
Developer toolsexperimental / research / kinda
Native WRTFlash / Lite / Air
Qt .NET / Silverlight
Java / J2ME
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
Developer toolsannounced
App storesGrowth
Average price
70 / 30
Paid content
Indie vs Pro
MonetizationPaid
Free
Adds
Premium
Freemium
«Qt Everywhere»«Qt Everywhere»qt.nokia.comqt.nokia.com
Helps you create applications
Developed since 1994
Official platform of Nokia
«... 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/
IDE and library
Extensive
Cross platform
Supported platformsWindows Mac
Linux Unix
Symbian MeeGo
Windows CE embedded Linux
Community platformsAndroid
Haiku
QNX
Development example
Where do we goWhere do we gofrom here?from here?
Nokia near futureN8: An actual flagship phone
MeeGo: Linux based phone
Qt and QML: Ease development
OVI: Will grow
N812 MP Zeiss camera
HD video recording
HDMI 720p output
Dolby Digital sound
Capacitive multi-touch
HW accelerated UI
Qthttp://nokia.com/n8
MeeGoIntel and Nokia
Linux based
Nokia high end
Intel Tablets
Open development
Qt
Intel Moorestown tablet videohttp://youtu.be/QqeeQd-YNL0
Qt Quick / QMLDeclerative UI
C++ or Javascript
Design vs Logic
Qt 4.7
App growth
2009 2015Total 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)
ConclusionConclusion
Comeback with N8 and MeeGo
No cross platform solution yet
Qt best alternative on Nokia
Qt on Android needs to happen
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