[Qt-interest] Qt for the iPad?

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Terça-feira 06 Abril 2010, às 16:52:34, Jason H escreveu:
> Suggestion: Is there a dollar figure that would have to be reached  that
> would motivate Qt Development Frameworks to support the iPhone?
> 
> I just look at those 1,500,000,000 app downloads (1.5B) and say that's a
> market I want to service.
> 
> Could we (the community) put together some fund to help fund the work to
> get the iPhone/iPad supported? The iPad is actually looking like a juicy
> market for Qt - larger display, high priced apps. Or could Nokia make a
> special license version where XX% of app sales/revenues on those platforms
> goes to maintain the iP[o|ad]? (Remember both Ovi and Apple App Store
> takes 30% off the top)

I'm not going to comment on business decisions. If you want an official story, 
please contact Qt / Nokia via the proper channels. What I've said so far in 
this thread is that choosing to support iPhone, Android or any other platform 
(Blackberry, Bada, Windows Phone 7 Series, you name it) is not a trivial 
decision.

So please stop throwing numbers up in the air. If you want to discuss it with 
the community present on qt-interest, I won't stop you, but I will also not 
comment on the subject.

You don't have to convince me or anyone else that there is interest. That was 
a given, the day after the iPhone was released in 2007.

From the Open Source side, Qt is LGPL and there is already an effort of having 
it supported, by the community.

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