We have just come to know that an updated beta version of the Qt Nokia Smart Installer for Symbian has been released today.

Straight form Qt News:

“The update contains significant progress from the beta that was released in February, and is a large step towards achieving the program’s end goal of allowing users with existing Symbian/S60 devices to seamlessly install and run Qt applications.

The Smart Installer works by automatically checking, downloading and installing required Qt libraries over the air as part of an application install.

It targets Symbian S60 3^rd Edition FP1, FP2 and 5^th Edition devices, opening up tens of millions of additional devices that Qt developers can target with their applications.

Video:Installing a Qt application using the Smart Installer

Some of Nokia’s most popular devices such as the N97, 5800XM and E72 will be able to be targeted by Qt developers once the Smart Installer is launched.

The Smart Installer is scheduled for final release around mid 2010.  The technology behind the Smart Installer is being contributed to the Symbian Foundation.”

Changelog:

Increased stability by rewriting the application engines: - better error handling

- more robust downloads in poor network conditions

Smoother UI flow by reducing amount of prompts:

-  you still sometimes get the IAP selection, that will be hidden whenever possible in the future

Installation continuation:

- select Smart Installer from the application menu and pending installation continues

- only one pending installation is supported

Download the Smart Installer v 0.18 (second beta) here!

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