“We are pleased that we’ve been able to work with Digia to secure continued development of Qt by the current core team. Digia’s plans to acquire Qt mean that it can continue as a successful open source project. and also offer continuing employment for many people in the community.”

Having abandoned Qt(the CEO. Stephen Elop. called it a burning platform in a memo sent to staff last year), Nokia has adopted Windows as the OS for its smartphones.

[pullquote]Now is a good time for everyone to revisit their perception Of Qt[/pullquote]

That left Qt out in the cold, so from that point on. a sale was inevitable. But it looks as if Digia is planning to keep Qt alive on mobile devices. Tommi Laitinen, senior vice president of international products at Digia, said in a statement: “Now is a good time for everyone to revisit their perception of Qt. Digia’s targeted R&D investments will bring back focus on Qt’s desktop and embedded platform support, while widening the support for mobile operating systems”.

We’ve also heard more from Jolla. the company that is resurrecting MeeGo. another of Nokia’s cast-offs. MeeGo will have to cover a lot of ground to catch up to iOS and the Android app markets, but CEO Jussi Hurmola told Finnish website 3T that Jolla will make its OS compatible with Android apps. in order to profit from the already thriving third-party development scene. Hurmola also boasted that: “Our user interface is more modern than the Android and iPhone. They have remained static for five years. but [we] can do better.”

The first MeeGo-powered smartphones from Jolla are expected to come on to the market later this year.