With the recent launch of Nokia Qt SDK Beta developers using Qt framework has now two options about SDKs, just don't forget about the existing Qt SDK.
So are you confused about what SDK to download and install? I'll try to explain what to expect from each of those packages...
Essentially, the new Nokia Qt SDK is intended for develop and deploy for mobile devices. It includes source code and Qt Creator, providing a development environment specifically set with Symbian and Maemo support, even with a device simulator to quickly test the applications on simulated mobile devices (the build and deploy steps are integrated and you can do everything from Qt Creator). This SDK is available both for Windows and Linux operating systems but the later will allow you compiling to Maemo only (that's a limitation of this beta version so far).
On the other hand, the existing Qt SDK will provide you with everything for developing applications for "desktop" environments: Windows, Linux and OS X.
I hope that in the coming months both SDK could be merged or at least if they're kept separate for easy download or just for simplicity of selection, they might be installed together in order to avoid duplication of components and saving disk space usage.
As a summary, you can take a look at this handy comparison table that shows the differences about features and components provided by those SDKs. So depending on your needs (what platforms are you targeting for your applications to run into), you'll need to pick any of those SDK or just both.
Happy coding!
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