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Qt extended, formerly known as Qtopia, is a user interface and application platform for consumer electronics running on embedded Linux.

Qt Software introduces a new release of Qt Extended, a software development platform for consumer electronics

Espoo, Finland—30-September-2008 – 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. Read  more...

What's New in Qt Extended

With the latest enhancements of Qt Extended targeting a wide range of consumer electronics and accelerating time to market is easier than ever.

  •   Modular architecture for feature selection
  •   IP communications framework based on Telepathy
  •   New Qt UI Test, a tool for automated system tests of the target device
  •   New reference design - Video IP Deskphone

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Modularity

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Diagram - Qt Extended: 19 Modules
Modularity eases the creation of advanced user experiences with functionality configured for a wide variety of devices. Qt Extended allows you to select from 19 modules containing a set of features, as well as enables you to choose just the API and add in your own applications or user interface. Modules are selected at build time and all modules function independently. Take a tour of all the modules available in Qt Extended.

What happened to Qtopia?

 

As a component of the transition from Trolltech to Nokia, we have consolidated the three Trolltech brands (Qt, Qtopia and Trolltech) into a single brand: Qt. 

In line with this, we have moved Qtopia into the Qt product family and given it a name that reflects the value it brings: Qt Extended. 

Qt Extended extends the functionality of QQt Logot for Embedded Linux. You will still find all the features and functionality of Qtopia Phone Edition and Qtopia Platform within the modules of Qt Extended.

IP Communications

 

Creating IP communications based devices is easier with the introduction of a new generic API which integrates the wide used Open Source Telepathy IP communications framework. The API implementation in 4.4 focuses on instant messaging and presence making it easier to integrate these into your user experience.

Screenshot: IP Comms video call

Qt UI Test

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Demo Video I: click to play

The new Qt UI Test tool supports manual, semi-automated and automated tests and can be run on the target device.

Hundreds of test cases are included in the Qt Extended source code and even more can of course be added. Using the Qt UI test tool module reduces time to market, improves software quality and reduces testing costs. 

Reference Design

Device - Broadcom deskphone blue box 120px Illustrating the potential of Qt Extended and its versatility, the new Video IP Deskphone reference design demonstrates an Internet-connected touch video desk phone UI optimized primarily for finger touch interaction for 3.5” screens. This reference design represents a specific configuration of Qt Extended and highlights the capabilities of the product in an end user context.

What else is new?


  • Integration of advanced finger touch usability with smooth-scrolling/flickable lists

  • Push IMAP is supported

  • Unified Inbox  - one application that handles all your messages of different types

  • USB infrastructure support

 

Video Demos

Video: Instant messaging on Qt Extended Instant messaging on Qt Extended IM application running on the mobile UI in the Qt Virtual Framebuffer.
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Video: Touchscreen Mobile Demo Touchscreen Mobile Demo Touchscreen Mobile Showing IM, presense, location API and more...
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Video: Qt Extended - Unified Inbox Qt Extended - Unified Inbox Demo of the Unified Inbox of the Video Deskphone UI.
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Video: Qt UI Test Tool Qt UI Test Tool II Demo of how to write a simple test.
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