Last but not the least day of Maemo Summit 2009.

The first talk was about Fremantle Starts (this name is really amazing :), a set of previously selected projects for Fremantle platform. These projects were selected by Maemo community itself and they also received special attention from community and Maemo.org. All of them are really interesting. As the other days, we had very interesting talks about different subjects, but all related to Maemo development.

I just presented my talk about IDE Integration project. Too short time (only 5 minutes), but it is was enough to give an overall description about IDE Integration project. I hope the community starts to use the components (ESbox, Pluthon, Mica, PC Connectivity and VM images) to help them during Maemo development.

Now, my overall impression about the event: it was absolutely amazing! Different profiles of maemo developers and maemo users made part of Maemo Summit 2009. Nokia and Forum Nokia fellows gave more information about newest Maemo device and Fremantle plaform. This really help developers to know what is going on inside Maemo platform and which are the future of such platform. In addition, important tips about Maemo development application and design were present. This is a key point to provide high-quality applications for end-users.

The 2nd and 3th days of Maemo Summit 2009 are being organized by Maemo community. Therefore, the sections are a little bit different from the 1st day: more technical details and more APIs. However, the focus is still on Maemo platform (Fremantle Harmattan versions) and Qt framework (on different aspects: Qt live and Qt Mobility).

Another important new: Web Runtime will also be available for Maemo 5 on Q1 2010. Considering that more and more devices have support for Internet access, this is really important. So far, there's no API to provide web-based applications for Maemo 5 as WRT for S60 devices. With WRT, it is possible to create very interesting applications really fast... and now, for Maemo 5 as well :)

Today, more talks with different participants: developers, Forum Nokia fellows, and much more. As I'm member of IDE Integration project, I asked if some of them (developers) know about the project... Unfurtunally, anyone know that IDE Integration has very interesting components to speed up Maemo development. This shows that, if you want to make your application be used by many developers, you also need to make it largelly visible for the community :(  Maybe, we should put information on Forum Nokia as well??

I'm sure that the 20 hours to arrive at Netherlands are worthy... Maemo Summit 2009 has just started :)

The first day was really interesting. There were great sections about UI design for Maemo 5, Qt for Maemo platform, Harmattan platform and Forum Nokia support. Also, 300 (yes, 300!) N900 devices was distributed to developers so we can provide feedback about applications and general aspects of newest Maemo device. However, these devices need to be returned after 6 months. Anyway, this is a good and unique experience for each developer that makes part of Maemo Summit 2009.

There are many guys from Forum Nokia here to get closer with Maemo community and see what they can provide to us as Maemo developers. I hope they (Maemo and Forum Nokia) be closer. IMHO, nobody provides better support for Nokia developers as Forum Nokia does: updated documentation, wiki, different kinds of company/developers programms (Forum Nokia Champion, Forum Nokia PRO, Forum Nokia Launchpad, etc...), and much more. On the other side, Maemo community provides the "spirit of freedom".

I'd like to thank for Janaina, Matt and Seppo (all of them from Forum Nokia) for the interesting talks and support. Thank you!