[Qt-interest] Qt 4.6, Qt Creator 1.3 and previews of new APIs and Maemo 5 port released

[Qt Team]

We are pleased to announce that Qt 4.6 and Qt Creator 1.3 are released and 
available for download -- either separately or as part of an updated Qt SDK.  
Commercially licensed versions of all releases are available for download from 
customer download areas, and LGPL versions are available from 
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads.

Also released today is a second Technology Preview for the Qt port to Mameo 5, 
as well as a Technology Preview of New Qt APIs.

For more information on new Qt features, demos, videos and to download, visit 
http://qt.nokia.com/whatsnew. 

Qt 4.6
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Version 4.6 of the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework brings new 
features and improvements to make it even easier for developers to:

- Create more exciting user experiences
- Target new platforms, including Windows 7, Maemo 6, Symbian and Mac OS 10.6
- Ensure better runtime performance of Qt-based apps

For a complete list of changes in Qt 4.6.0, see the changes file at 
http://qt.nokia.com/developer/changes/changes-4.6.0.

Qt Creator 1.3
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Version 1.3 of the Qt Creator IDE introduces new features to make cross-
platform development with Qt even easier.

- Preliminary support for Symbian development
- Source code refactoring
- Multi-core compilation with MSVC 
- Updated toolchain to MinGW 4.4

For a complete list of changes in Qt Creator 1.3.0, see the changes file at 
http://qt.nokia.com/developer/changes/changes-qtcreator-1.3.

New Support for Symbian
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Qt now provides support for the Symbian platform with integration to the S60 
framework. Qt 4.6.0 can be used to develop commercial Symbian applications for 
deployment in first quarter of 2010. With Qt for Symbian you can:

- Target 130 million Symbian devices
- Choose between native and customized look and feel
- Mix local and remote content when creating hybrid applications


New Qt APIs Technology Preview
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These new Qt APIs not only enable standard mobile functionality in Qt 
applications, but alsos provide useful application functionality across 
desktop platforms. The source package includes seven new cross-platform APIs:

- Bearer Management
- Contacts
- Location 
- Messaging
- Multimedia
- Publish and Subscribe
- Service Framework
- System Information
 
For more information on the new Qt APIs and to download, visit 
http://qt.nokia.com/developer/new-qt-apis. 


Qt for Maemo 5 Technology Preview II
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This second Technology Preview containing all Qt modules and features the same 
functionality as the Qt on X11 version. In addition, some Maemo specific 
features have been added:

- Improved finger touch styling and kinetic scrolling 
- Extended window attributes: screen rotation, busy indicators and more
- Native dialogs and themed icons
- Better support for QGLWidget and the OpenGL/ES 2 paint engine
- Additional widgets / classes to support Maemo 5 specific look and feel


Updated Visual Studio Add-in and Eclipse Integration
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The Qt Eclipse Integration and Visual Studio Add-in have been updated for the 
Qt 4.6 release, and are available for download from 
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads.


Changes to Supported Platforms
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With the 4.6 release, we are announcing changes to our list of supported 
platforms that will be introduced from the release of Qt 4.7 in 2010. For 
details on which platforms are affected, please visit the Qt documentation at: 
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6/supported-platforms.html.


New, Shorter Response Time for Qt Support
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The response time for Qt standard support requests is now reduced from 4 to 2 
business days, and covers several new operating systems. For more information, 
please visit http://qt.nokia.com/support.


DOWNLOAD THE RELEASES
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Customers will find the releases in their download areas. LGPL-licensed 
versions of all releases are available for download from 
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads.


How to Report Bugs
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Any problems encountered with Qt 4.6 and Qt Creator 1.3 can be reported via 
the new Qt Bug Tracker at http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com.  If you are a 
commercial customer and require support, please log in to the customer portal 
at https://qt.nokia.com/customerportal. 

We hope you enjoy these releases!

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The Qt Team
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