Nokia issued a press release today stating their intent to purchase Trolltech ASA. Trolltech makes a cross-platform graphical toolkit called Qt, which first got notoriety when it was chosen for the KDE Desktop Environment on Linux. Originally not open source, Qt is now licensed under both a commercial license and the GPL.

Qt will give Nokia a cross-platform layer that can be used to develop applications for both PCs and mobile devices. Qt is expected to be integrated into the Series 40 and S60 platforms, making this dream possible. Furthermore, Nokia plans to continue to offer Qt and other Trolltech technologies with commercial licensing or the GPL.

Do you think this purchase by Nokia will Usher in a new era of applications that can run both on your phone and your PC, yet have a similar user experience? What do you think about this?