Trolltech GPLs Qtopia Phone Edition 78
Provataki writes "Trolltech has announced that they are releasing the new version of Qtopia Phone Edition under the GPL along with a port on the FIC Neo1973 smartphone. Trolltech also continues to support Greenphone as a reference platform for mobile development within the company and through its partners. Benoit Schillings, CTO of Trolltech (also of BeOS fame as one of the original Be, Inc. engineers) commented on the news."
GPLv2 (Score:4, Informative)
Re:just read that a minute ago... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:I'm curious... (Score:4, Informative)
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Hardware [openmoko.org]
few things are closed for quite valid reasons, but hopefully with time this will have a chance to improve.
Re:FIC problems (Score:3, Informative)
If you already have the phone, it meant you bought a phase 1 device, about which the site clearly states (in bold, on the front page) that "currently it is not suitable for users" [openmoko.org]. I'm sorry, but your complaints are entirely your own fault.
Re:QTopia vs OpenMoko (Score:2, Informative)
FWIW http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Supported_Hardware [openmoko.org]. Of course, on any platform, it's clearly WIP.
In any case, the Greenphone is way too expensive to purchase for personal use:
http://trolltech.com/products/qtopia/greenphone/greenphone_pricing [trolltech.com] ($695)
The user version of the Neo will be around $450 or so - still pricey - but I might be able to justify it. I'm still considering one of the iPhone clones (Cect P168 et al at $160 or so), despite some of their nastiness (including being nothing to do with Linux). Either way, I'd only make $5 of calls per month.
Re:QTopia vs OpenMoko (Score:3, Informative)
There really is no good reason to use a totally closed Voip protocol over SIP. There are a whole lot of reasons not to promote closed communication protocols. I don't even care if you choose to use closed source software, but for crying out loud, use a standard, open and portable protocol for you Voip communication.