We have released updates for both software development kits.

The Harmattan target for the Qt SDK can now be updated online, using the SDK maintenance tool. The additional functionalities concern mostly improved runtimes for testing. The Qt Quick Components in the Simulator have been upgraded to the same version as is used on the device, and the Simulator now supports both landscape and portrait orientations. Also, there are now three separate QEMU images – one for PR1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 each. The full release notes are available in harmattan-dev.

The Platform SDK is no longer tagged beta, though some usability issues remain, as described in the release notes.

The API baseline remains at PR1.0 (to ensure that all users can safely obtain and use the applications), but a few additional interfaces are now available as extensions: Frankencamera is supported in all Harmattan releases, Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol is supported only in PR1.2. The development packages containing the additional interfaces are available for download.