[OSM-dev] "Opentrail" - What development environments would be best for mobile compatibility?

[Artem Pavlenko]

On 28 Jan 2008, at 12:05, Matt Williams wrote:

> On Friday 25 January 2008 10:58:05 Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Regarding the "OpenTrail" OSM walking/hiking software idea that  
>> I'd like
>> to develop given enough time (see earlier in the week), I'd like  
>> to ensure
>> it's compatible with phones and other mobile devices. This will  
>> probably
>> influence what language it's written in - my initial ideas are either
>> C++(Qt), Java or C# (could share code with Igor in the last case).
>>
>> From what I know of mobile development, C# means it could run on  
>> Windows
>> phones but maybe not others, Java works across the board and C++/ 
>> Qt would
>> restrict it to Qtopia-based phones. Is this about right? Can  
>> anyone with
>> mobile development experience provide recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
>
> Given that Nokia has just started an acquisition of Trolltech
> (http://trolltech.com/28012008/28012008) who create Qt as well as  
> Qtopia (the
> embedded version of Qt) I can only think that going the way of Qt  
> would be a
> wise decision.

+1 for qt4

  Even wiser approach would be to avoid tight integration with one  
particular GUI toolkit ;)


>
> Regards,
> Matt Williams
>

Cheers
Artem

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