Qt for S60 Technology Preview Released
June 25, 2009 – Nokia today released a Technology Preview of Qt for S60 – the upcoming new port of Qt for the Symbian OS. Preview packages are now available to commercial and open source users for download, testing and feedback.
This Technology Preview will be the last based on the Qt 4.5 branch. Future releases will be based on Qt 4.6. This release includes the following new functionality:
- Partial Qt Webkit integration
- Support for SQL
- Improved exceptions safety for Qt Core library
- Binary installer for emulator and phone
- Overall performance improvements
Download the Technology Preview
The Qt for S60 Technology Preview is available under a special technology preview license, GNU LGPL version 2.1 and GPL version 3. To download the preview packages, please visit: http://qt.nokia.com/developer/technical-preview-qt-for-s60 or go to the repository at: http://qt.gitorious.org/+qt-s60-developers/qt/qt-s60
In addition, we are investigating the possibility of adding Qt for S60 support to Qt Creator. Some experimental code related to this can be found at http://qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator
How to Provide Feedback
All feedback from the Qt user community is highly valued. To participate please visit our contribution site at http://qt.gitorious.org or join our mailing list at http://lists.trolltech.com
The full release of Qt for S60 is scheduled for Q4 2009 in line with the Qt 4.6 program, including Beta and Release Candidate releases planned for the interim.
