Trolltech Announces Linux Based Qtopia Phone Edition
September 18, 2007 8:31 AM | Software | Technology | Comments (0)
| Trolltech today announced the Qtopia Phone Edition which is the application platform and user interface for Linux based mobile phones. The Qtopis Phone Edition is used in the Neo1973 mobile phone from Taiwanese manufacturer FIC and open-source software provider OpenMoko. In addition to Trolltech’s Qtopia Greenphone, developers have an additional reference platform and form factor for development and testing of new mobile Qtopia applications. The Neo 1973 is an open platform phone that combines the hardware expertise of FIC and the software integration and software environment from OpenMoko. As part of the port of Qtopia to this phone, Trolltech was able to leverage some of the Linux software developed by OpenMoko to create this offering. |  |
Until now some Qtopia components, like the telephony, DRM and the safe execution environment software stacks, were only available under the commercial development license. The full open source release of Qtopia Phone Edition is the latest example of Trolltech’s longstanding commitment to its dual licensing model that combines the best of commercial and open source software development.
Trolltech also continues to support Greenphone as a reference platform for mobile development within the company and through its partners. The full GPL version of Qtopia Phone Edition will also be configured to run on the Greenphone, a mobile camera phone that can be re-flashed with new and different applications.
Trolltech’s Greenphone comes packaged as part of a Qtopia Phone Edition SDK. Qtopia is used in 90 different devices, of which 25 are phones. To date, there are more than nine million Qtopia-based mobile phones in the market including mobile phones from Motorola, ZTE and Cellon. More information on Greenphone features, specifications, availability and other details can be found at www.qtopiagreenphone.com.
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