Qt framework makes cross-platform developments possible on android target, work in progress looks promising, according to sample demo video.

IDC forecasts that worldwide shipments of smartphones, will surpass 390 million units, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9% for the 2009–2013 period. In a market that was once dominated by a handful of pioneers, such as BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile, newcomers touting open standards and intuitive design and navigation have garnered strong end-user and handset vendor interest.

French people can now buy a N900, only on the Phone House web Site, since this morning.

BlackBerry OS, Windows Mobile and Symbian/S60 were designed years ago – the traditional strengths of these software platforms are rapidly becoming liabilities in the fast-paced smartphone market. Michael Vakulenko answers a critical question: are user interface face-lifts, application stores or even going open source enough for the legacy smartphone platforms to stand-up to the challenges posed by iPhone and Android?

Want to play with Android but don't have a device ? Here is the Android Live CD. Of course it won't replace a real device but it is a good solution if you are just curious about the operating system.

Mer is not a Maemo fork but the result of joined efforts between Maemo, Ubuntu and of Debian (deblet), alpha version can be installed on the OpenMoko FreeRunner. Watch the video demo....

Before fall 2009, Nokia will release n900, 3rd generation of "Internet Tablet" (previous ones where 770 and n8x0) ... Major features are : 3G Support (WiFi / WiMax only for previous ons) , GPS, accelerometer

Native development on the Android platform shouldn't be considered as a hack in the near future. The forthcoming release of the Android NDK will open official door to native code for applications. Or more exactly, Java application will be able to access some native code and libraries.

OFono, new Open Source project for developing an open source
telephony solution has just be announced by Nokia and Intel.