NewLC - Qt to replace S60 / Avkon in 2011 - Comments

Re: Qt to replace S60 / Avkon in 2011

alod — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:28:38 +0200

Well, just a thought

With Avkon replaced with Qt and system APIs replaced with standard C++ library ... what's a point to keep a Symbian kernel then? With all it's limitations and overheads towards "standard" C++ programming.

Re: Qt to replace S60 / Avkon in 2011

sulabh120881 — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:48:55 +0200

Thanks for this nice information.
Please tell me, As a developer what should I do. Should I start reading Qt to compete the market and acquiring the new prospects because I am not familiar with this environment.

Please guide and suggest me and provide some link for related docs if possible..
Looking for favorable reply
Thanks a lot

Re: Qt to replace S60 / Avkon in 2011

performer — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:08:53 +0200

The same view was in my mind before i checked S60 Qt API. The main string class is QString but not std::string. You can see it here - http://pepper.troll.no/s60prereleases/doc/qstring.html I think that the usage of std::string at HS API is a requisite of WebKit or something else that used as HS render.

Re: Qt to replace S60 / Avkon in 2011

alexey — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:03:12 +0200

> Finally, will Symbian development become easy one day in the near future ? > THAT is the good news.

It has become easier already. Here you can get Qt port for S60:

http://pepper.troll.no/s60prereleases/

Re: Qt to replace S60 / Avkon in 2011

vivainio — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:57:45 +0200

What I've been wondering about is - what's the point of "Symbian" (as opposed to just using Linux) in all this in the first place, if the upper level software itself is based on Qt and other "standard" technologies. Compared to Linux, Symbian is rather fat an OS layer that would seem mostly to 1) kill performance and 2) be a portability headache.

Re: Qt to replace S60 in 2011

eric — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:48:57 +0200

Hi David,

Thanks for the comment and correction. S60 was intentionnally used as Avkon might be a cryptic name for many people but I agree that the title was a bit misleading.

Eric

Re: Qt to replace S60 in 2011

dw2 — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:42:48 +0200

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the nice summary!

However, I think the headline "Qt to replace S60 in 2011" is a bit misleading. I would write, instead, "Qt to replace Avkon in 2010".

From the picture of the release schedule that you linked to, Symbian^4 is expected to be hardened around the end of 2010. This means that devices could be reaching the market (ready for consumer purchase) at that time. In other words, these devices should be available "at the beginning of 2011" rather than (as you suggested) "in the second part" of that year.

// David Wood, Symbian

Qt to replace S60 / Avkon in 2011

eric — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:57:22 +0200

There are some very interesting details in the Reviewing the Release Plan post from David Wood about the future of the Symbian platform. The biggest news for me is the switch to Qt in Symbian^4...