[![Digia buys Nokia's remaining Qt assets for a 'fraction' of the purchase price, eyes Windows, iOS, Android][1] ][2]Nokia's [Qt][3] project could be reinvigorated now that it's been bought out in its entirety by Finnish firm Digia, following a partial acquisition [last year][4]. Digia is eyeing porting the development platform, used to code applications for Symbian and Meego, to Windows 8 (the PR doesn't mention Windows Phone 8), Android and iOS in the near future. While a fee hasn't been mentioned, it's reportedly a "fraction" of the $150 million that Nokia originally paid when purchasing [Trolltech][5] in 2008 -- which probably won't improve matters on the handset maker's [balance sheet][6].
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