i.MX515 Project Port Nokia's Qt for Embedded Linux to i.MX515 in category Applications & Software proposed by Jed Cousin on 6th February 2009 [View Full Project]

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	Proposed software might shift from Qt for Embedded Linux to Qt itself. posted by Jed Cousin on 3rd March 2009 Linuxdevices.com reports Qt 4.5 ships, as Qtopia bows out. Nokia's Qt Software is pushing to have Qtopia/Qt for Embedded Linux/Qt Extended's functionality folded into Qt-4.x proper. From the article in question: "Qt Software's Benoit Schillings, chief technologist, called the change an 'evolution,' rather than a discontinuation, though. Schillings commented, 'A lot of Qt Extended's APIs add functionality specific to a class of devices, such as adding support for Bluetooth, IP telephony, or input devices like touchscreens. Today, those things make sense not only in a mobile device, but in a cross-platform environment. We are taking APIs and functionality specific to the embedded device market and moving it into the mainstream release. . . so, for example, you will see the Qtopia UI move to other platforms.'" It's not that a port of Qt for Embedded Linux still isn't attractive, but given Qt Software's increasing focus on Qt "proper", up-front porting efforts focusing upon the newly released, and now officially LGPL, mainstream Qt-4.5 should have a longer-term return on investment for the i.MX515 SoC than a sole focus on Qt for Embedded Linux.