Trolltech has discontinued its Linux-based 'Greenphone' development platform. Touted upon its introduction as the first Linux-based mobile phone with user-modifiable firmware, the device will be superseded by various third-party products, including not only open phones, but also portable media players, navigation devices, and home automation equipment, the company says.
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The article might leave most readers with the wrong impression about the Neo1973's wifi capabilities. Though it is true that the "developer" version which is currently available lacks wifi, there is every indication that the consumer version (due out December) will include Wireless G. See the Wikipedia article for more info.
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Though it is true that the "developer" version which is currently available lacks wifi, there is every indication that the consumer version (due out December) will include Wireless G. See the Wikipedia article for more info.
Well, if that's the case then I'm getting one. No question. I'm absolutely fed up to the back teeth of having phones shoved on me that are so restricted I can't do what I want and need to do. It seems like they might have a reasonably healthy market here, going forward.
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Why is this a surprise to you? Trolltech always marketed the Greenphone as a developer platform only. The only reason it existed is that there weren't really any other phones out there that people could develop with easily, so Trolltech made their own to give developers something to get a head start on.
Now that other phones exist, there is no point in making a phone just for that purpose. Any phone that can run QTopia will do just fine and be cheaper (like Neo1973).
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Jason - I don't understand your concern. You got a supported phone that will aid you in creating Qtopia applications. The Greenphone was not a consumer device, so where's the problem? Enjoy your SDK, I can tell you that it's lightyears more fun to work on it than on most developer boards I've seen so far.
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The point is that just 3 weeks ago Trolltech took my money to renew my Greenphone SDK as well as my QTopia License and my QT/Trio Pack.
They should not have done this knowing it was going away. This was not a spur of the moment decision. They had knowledge when they took my money
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While I'm not 100% sure, all that stuff will still work. The greensuite SDK will work on compatible phones, such as the Neo1973. If it was greenphone specific it would be pretty useless. Whatever your consumer target was, I'm sure it wasn't the Greenphone, so I don't really see the problem.
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The point is that just 3 weeks ago Trolltech took my money to renew my Greenphone SDK as well as my QTopia License and my QT/Trio Pack.
They should not have done this knowing it was going away.
The Greenphone was always aimed squarely at developers only as a target and test development platform, and it should be no surprise at all that it has been discontinued in favour of the Neo1973.
Your existing Greenphone will still work, as will Qtopia and you will still be able to develop for, not only the Greenphone, but any other device with Qtopia on it, such as the Neo.
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Because mobile phones are in general - black boxes?
Just a while ago I talked to one engineer from Trolltech and asked when QT will be available for S60-phones. I should have asked "would it be possible", since Nokia and other companies really don't want to play with the idea that QTopia could be installed on their phones.
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Maybe lack of intrest as you gentlemen point out.
the SE java phones are alike they use very similiar software.
Most stuff after SE t610 wich had incredibly good wavetable for midi sucked .
K700 series and forward had a crappy soundchip thats where qtopia could come in handy to do some wavetable emulation (like wingroove used to be back in the day)
SE devices are quite similiar get 1 working get most of them up and running i bet even camera software and music players would get better with qtopia.
I wanna use Mod,xm,it,s3m,mid etc as ringtones 
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... but, quite frankly, one of the reasons this effort failed is that it's really difficult to sell an open platform to hardware manufacturers when their primary customers -- AT&T/Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, etc -- want a closed platform. Let's face it: Cellular providers really don't want you to be able to open up the hood and look around because (a) they want to keep customers corraled and using only their premium services and protocols, (b) they don't want to support an open platform because the usage scenarios potentially skyrocket in complexity (due to their flexibility), and (c) they really want exclusive distribution rights and that doesn't work well with an open platform.
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RE[2]: Many of you won't like what I have to say...