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Nokia buys Trolltech; Gets serious about going cross platform

Nokia buys Trolltech; Gets serious about going cross platformNot BadThis will help accelerate the proliferation of Linux on mobile devices and even on the desktop.Smart move on Nokia's part.Another milestone for the emerging software marketplace ...More and more we are seeing a marketplace which pits Microsoft with there Windows empire...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Nokia Corp., Trolltech

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?

Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?Nokia is preparing for phone software becoming a commodity. Nokia willexecute better than anybody else on manufacturing and integrating open source software components. The hand writing is on the wall.By the way, this is very significant in that they are not supporting bothcamps. The...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Mobile Linux, Nokia Corp., Trolltech, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Nokia buys Trolltech; Gets serious about going cross platform

Nokia said Monday that it has acquired Trolltech in a deal that could have big implications for mobile applications. Trolltech provides software development platforms for mobile applications. Earlier this month Trolltech was a big addition to the LiMo Foundation, a mobile consortium that aims to build an...

Tags: Software, Nokia Corp., Trolltech, LiMo, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-28

Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?

The easy, obvious answer is yes. Nokia's agreement to buy Trolltech for $155 million has to be a big win for mobile Linux. Aren't Trolltech's development products available under open source licenses? Isn't QTopia a leading platform for mobile Linux development? But wait, cynics will...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Fact, Trolltech, Mobile Linux, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-28

News to know: Apple shines; Adobe flaw; Enterprise 2.0; The innovation game

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Developers in dark about Leopard GM bug fixes. Larry Dignan: Apple handily tops expectations. Apple: Back to the Mac and the future. Techmeme. Jason O'Grady: AppTapp updated to v.3; works with iPhone 1.1.1. Ryan Naraine: Adobe...

Tags: Game, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Phone, Comcast Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Trolltech, Flaw, Linux, Virtualization, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Blog posts 2007-10-23

Mr. Martin tear down this wall

In Madrid today Trolltech announced that its Qtopia Phone Edition for Linux-based mobile phones is being ported to the Neo1973 and will be offered to individuals under GPL 2.0. What this means, in Europe, is that Qtopia Greenphone developers have a second reference platform and form factor...

Tags: Developer, Phone, Mobile, Trolltech, Wall, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-18

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?Stylus required?Well, it certainly is a 'break-through' Linux-embedded product, but as a cell-phone user and from a practical standpoint, it's not clear to me if the device is 100% touch screen driven.If not, then I assume you'd have to resort to using the stylus.Using a...

Tags: Linux, wireless, Trolltech, OpenMoko, stylus, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

Skype-Trolltech deal should speed up time-to-market for Skype WiFi apps

If you are Skype, you really, really want your User Interface to connect smoothly to the operating system used in Skype-certified WiFi handsets.Best way to accomplish this is to choose an application platform that bridges what could be a chasm if not handled well.I am guessing thats a key reason...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Skype Technologies S.A., Trolltech

Blog posts 2007-03-21

Photos: FIC's Linux handset

A second reprogrammable open Linux handset has been unveiled, only months after Trolltech introduced its Greenphone to developers.

Tags: Cellular phones, UNIX, Linux handset, First International Computer, handset, Trolltech, Linux, developer

Image galleries 2006-11-13

Trolltech offers fully reprogrammable mobile phone

Trolltech offers fully reprogrammable mobile phoneProgramable Phones???If they're going to make the item programable, why are they called phones?It seems to me that a phone's traditional roll was to make calls to others and perhaps keep an address book with a log of calls coming and going, period.When a camera...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, mobile, phone, camera, Trolltech

Discussion threads 2006-08-16

Trolltech programmable phone likely to have uphill battle

Trolltech programmable phone likely to have uphill battleI see both sides... sortaI can understand why some carriers block certain functions. Obviously they want to sell ring tones silly if you ask me but in many cases the cells simply can't handle the data load that comes with many of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Trolltech, phone, cell, cell phone

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

Trolltech programmable phone likely to have uphill battle

Norway-based Trolltech is demonstrating what it calls the first fully reprogrammable handset in hopes of luring phone designers looking to stay with the pace of innovation. But is staying with the pace of innovation the problem? Or is it the carriers? According to Reuters: A major divide that...

Tags: telephone

Blog posts 2006-08-15

New education tools from Microsoft

New education tools from MicrosoftNew tools?No just another announcement. Interestingly the $5 billion schools spend on "technology" is less than the claimed MS research budget of $7.7 billion in 2004. Kinda puts it into perspective doesn't it.If you want to get your hand on a real productTrolltech has released the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, education tool, Microsoft Corp., Kinda, GPL version, Trolltech

Discussion threads 2005-06-28

Perforce Case Study: Trolltech

Founded in 1994, Trolltech is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Brisbane, Australia; Palo Alto, California; and Beijing, China. In 1999, Trolltech realized it needed to replace its existing software configuration management system, CVS, because CVS was unable to scale to meet its development needs. The Perforce Server sits...

Tags: Software Configuration Management, CVS Corp., Trolltech, Perforce Server

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Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers

Nokia Symbian deal winners and losersNokia Symbian - What's in a name?Heads up! It looks like Nokia's product naming consultants did not do their homework for similar names with other mental images and associations. Check out www.sybian.com. Or, how about the Symbionese Liberation Party that kidnapped Patty...

Tags: Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show (already)

Microsoft: The iPhone envy is starting to show alreadyWhy should they not discloseI'm actually shocked by you guys meaning that they Microsoft disclosing licenses sold means they envy the iphone. They might envy it in a way but they disclosing those figures doesn't tell that.Companies disclose the amount of products...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., phone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft

Silverlight and the future core of MicrosoftCompetition"the clout and the brand equity" What Microsoft has is money and the ability to isolate technology and exploit that to beat down competition. I don't mind that they're developing Silverlight but its important that they don't approach this the way they did with...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, .NET, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, tool

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Microsoft's Mundie: New programming models needed

Microsoft's Mundie: New programming models neededI don't get it[i]Once an application is written in an existing language, you’ve taken away the parallelism. [/i]Haven't M$ heard of threading support yet?I'm wondering if it's a typo or it is for real.RE: Microsoft's Mundie: New programming models neededMigrating a programmer from Visual Basic...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, .NET, Programming languages, Erlang, Microsoft Corp., New programming model, Mundie, programming model

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008

The momentum behind mobile Linux is accelerating because several communities -- and commercial giants -- are finally backing it. Despite earlier efforts from pioneering companies like MontaVista, Lineo and Access, the open source operating system has always taken a back seat to proprietary mobile operating systems such as Nokia-backed...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Mobile, Intel Corp., Mobile Linux, LIPS Specification, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-04

LiMO debuts first mobile Linux platform amid steep competition

The LiMo Foundation is set to announce at CTIA its first Linux reference platform for cell phone carriers and handset manufacturers. As announced in January, and promised for delivery in March, the foundation will offer up at CTIA its first stab at a standard mobile Linux platform:...

Tags: LiMo Foundation, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-30