MeeGo the upcoming platform is being actively perused by many companies and seems to be picking up very well. Since this is open source more and more companies are adopting the platform. If indeed this succeeds in bringing up a good platform it may well challenge the dominance of android phones.
Android had now stormed the market with many phones. Even more exciting is the number of applications and the kind of applications that have hit the android market. If there is such a good environment then it is bound to be a huge success.
For MeeGo intel's AppUp and Nokia's OVI store is going to market the applications. Nokia is developing the mobile version of MeeGo while Intel is working its way into the netbook, pc, laptop market. It is also expecting to move into the handset market with launch of MeeGo phones in mid 2011.
Talking about applications, the apps will be developed in QT. QT is cross platform application development environment which would work in MeeGo, Maemo, Moblin, Symbian, Windows, Linux and a host of other platforms. So for application developers it would be a good idea to venture into QT, since it can be developed once and run a variety of devices. Even if it were not be a hit in one of the markets you can always try other markets. This is the reason why I feel that having QT as the application development environment is a very great move from MeeGo platform developers. It is bound to attract a lot of developers into the platform.
However, MeeGo is still in development stages. It still needs to be seen if it lives upto the expectations. Android took over 3 years to be widely accepted in the market. The same can be expected in case of MeeGo as well. The first device to be released would hold the key.
Android had now stormed the market with many phones. Even more exciting is the number of applications and the kind of applications that have hit the android market. If there is such a good environment then it is bound to be a huge success.
For MeeGo intel's AppUp and Nokia's OVI store is going to market the applications. Nokia is developing the mobile version of MeeGo while Intel is working its way into the netbook, pc, laptop market. It is also expecting to move into the handset market with launch of MeeGo phones in mid 2011.
Talking about applications, the apps will be developed in QT. QT is cross platform application development environment which would work in MeeGo, Maemo, Moblin, Symbian, Windows, Linux and a host of other platforms. So for application developers it would be a good idea to venture into QT, since it can be developed once and run a variety of devices. Even if it were not be a hit in one of the markets you can always try other markets. This is the reason why I feel that having QT as the application development environment is a very great move from MeeGo platform developers. It is bound to attract a lot of developers into the platform.
However, MeeGo is still in development stages. It still needs to be seen if it lives upto the expectations. Android took over 3 years to be widely accepted in the market. The same can be expected in case of MeeGo as well. The first device to be released would hold the key.
