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IBM Picks Qtopia Over PalmOS And PocketPC

Posted by timothy on from the please-send-a-sample dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "ZDNet, Geek.com and others are reporting IBM's decision to choose Trolltech's Qtopia (the embedded version of their Qt library, used by the Sharp Zaurus PDA) in their forthcoming devices. See the announcement at Trolltech's website, and an earlier press release at IBM.com." Here's an earlier post about the new IBM reference platform.

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  1. Trolls? by ThumbSuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    TrollTech?

    Trolls! They invade everything nowadays

  2. QuickTime...How does it work? by AnonymousCowheard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Entrepreneur: QuickTime is the latest business machine that lets you go back in time and correct all the bad business decisions you made.

    Boss Hog: We need to go back and dump sugar in them Duke Brothers' gas tank. Get onto it, Rosco!

    IBM HINT: There is no QuickTime...

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  3. It says so..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "You may or may not know that Qtopia is also used by the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA (both the Sharp software and OpenZaurus distros use it). "

    In the post: "the embedded version of their Qt library, used by the Sharp Zaurus PDA"

  4. Re:This can hardly be a surprise by dhovis · · Score: 5, Funny
    With IBM's resources, they should be able to take the technology all the way.

    Yep,

    Just like OS/2....

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  5. Re:Linux footprint too general-purpose. by swillden · · Score: 3, Funny

    Think of all the drivers people are downloading and will never use.

    So don't build the parts you don't need. This is one of the huge advantages of having the source code.

    Last time I checked, Linux may not be desirable in handhelds because the kernel is growing, growing, growing

    Dang. I guess I need to find something else to run this handheld on. I mean, since the 2.4.18 kernel that it's currently running can't fit. And I thought I still had half of my 32MB free, even with Linux, busybox, Qt, and a couple dozen apps, but I guess "cat /proc/meminfo" is lying to me...

    and the new features don't realy put a dent in the desire for such computing that needs to be small and quick on the sleep and resume modes.

    You mean my PDA *doesn't* really suspend and resume in less than a second? Man, do me a favor and go tell kids that Santa Claus doesn't exist or something, because you're really getting me down.

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