What are pros and cons of the different devel environments: qtopia, android, openmoko

[Brandon Kruse]

For one, if I understand correctly, android is all java.......no thanks.

With the whole openmoko "build your app package fast" tutorial (dev  
kit), certainly makes it more appealing.

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Brandon Kruse (bkruse)

On Jan 16, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Michael Shiloh <michael at openmoko.org>  
wrote:

> Lorn reminds me that there is another option in the "open source  
> Linux frameworks for mobile devices" space. (I think SVHMPC wanted  
> to include Trolltech as well. Not sure what happened.) (And of  
> course there are other options besides these three.)
>
> So the questions remain: What features make you choose one over the  
> other?
>
> And in particular, regarding Lorn's point below, how do you feel  
> about the different APIs?
>
> By the way, this is not meant to start an "us vs. them" battle. I'm  
> not out to prove that one is better than the other.
>
> Android, Qtopia, and OpenMoko are all different, and each is aimed  
> at a different type of developer. I'm interested in understanding  
> what those differences are, and how they influence a developer's  
> choice.
>
> Michael
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: New to OpenMoko
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:45:27 +1000
> From: Lorn Potter <lpotter at trolltech.com>
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>
> andy selby wrote:
>
>> * ..Err help me out here Lorn
> ummmm, better programming API? ;)
>
>
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