Nokia Developer News - Nokia Focusing on Qt, Will Extend Reach for Developers

Java Support

2010-12-26T00:16:29Z

While Qt becomes the sole development platform, what then happens to the millions of java enabled nokia devices and developers?
it means loss for nokia in terms of developers and customers.
Anyway Qt is a great platform and I love it.

C++ SDK

2010-11-09T11:52:56Z

Does this mean that the C++ SDK will be faded out? We'll no longer be able to provide our software if we have no access to the low level system APIs anymore.

Rich, what do you think about the hardware?

2010-10-25T08:52:10Z

The processor+memory in Nokia phones is a joke and vastly underpowered. It kills the user experience, limits the applications and makes for an unstable crash prone base. It is clear beyond doubt that anaemic hardware has been a mistake. Why not try and err on the other side for once? I have seen videos of N8 on Internet. N8 may be somewhat faster than, say, Nokia 5800 but its sluggishness couldn't be hidden. Compared to iPhone 4, the hardware, including the display on Nokia phones is so old generation.

JAVA

2010-10-22T12:51:31Z

I think its a shame Nokia is phasing out Java. I understand there might be fear of licensing charges from Oracle etc, but Oracle is giving full support to the OpenJDK initiative, and say the next generation APIs will be based on it.

I think JAVA will be great alongside Qt, particularly now that both are maturing into the mainstream. Java's new MSA 2 specs cover almost all developer needs for now and the near future, and it is portable to other OSs'!

Regarding today's announcement, and Java

2010-10-21T23:00:19Z

@jellinek - We were told that Java on Symbian will be maintained for compatibility for now. It is being suggested that Java apps be migrated to the new Qt framework. Also, please note that there are no plans to support Java on MeeGo.

Will you still support Java ME?

2010-10-21T22:50:48Z

One could interpret the first paragraph of this press release to mean that Nokia will no longer support - or will phase out support for - Java ME.

Is that the case?