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^{Touch videophone for 3.5” screens} Nokia renames Qtopia as Qt Extended

Trotech's Green phone was based on Qtopia.

1 Oct 2008 at 03:07 GMT Timo Poropudas

Qt Software today announced that Qtopia, a platform for creating user interfaces and applications for advanced consumer electronics based on Linux, has been renamed and launched as Qt Extended 4.4.

Qt enables developers to build innovative services and applications once and then extend the innovation across all major desktop, mobile and other embedded platforms without rewriting the code. Qt Extended extends the Qt application development framework, bringing increased functionality to embedded Linux. Qt Extended inherits the Qt WebKit Integration, which helps device manufacturers enrich applications with live web content such as online maps, music stores and instant messaging.

"Qt Extended is designed to accelerate software development for a wide range of consumer devices,” said ** Sebastian Nyström**, vp of Qt Software, in Nokia press release.

"With the new release of Qt Extended, we are making it easier to differentiate the user experience and the feature set."

Qt Extended 4.4 includes a new Video IP Desk phone reference design which demonstrates an Internet-connected video desk phone UI for finger touch interaction for 3.5" screens. The objective of the reference design is to illustrate the versatility of Qt Extended.

Qt, originally developed by Trolltech, is a proven development framework for multiple operating systems. It is used by many leading consumer brands and is found in embedded Linux devices. In June 2008, Nokia completed the acquisition of Trolltech and it is now a fully integrated entity within the Nokia Devices unit, called Qt Software.