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News Release from: Trolltech | Subject: Qtopia Phone Edition
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 December 2007
Chinese smartphones adopt Linux platform
Qtopia Phone Edition extends the flexibility and cost-savings benefits of Linux to the mobile market, serving as an alternative to proprietary software platforms.
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer ZTE is using Trolltech Qtopia Phone Edition as the Linux-based application framework for its ZTE U980 The U980 is ZTE's mobile phone platform created for China's national 3G standard TD-SCDMA
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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ZTE is the biggest infrastructure supplier in China's TD-SCDMA 3G market.
To facilitate 3G smartphone development ZTE created the U980 platform to be one of the smartphone solutions used to create 3G phones.
ZTE has long experience with Qtopia Phone Edition and Linux, having already released two Qtopia smartphones (the e3 and e700) in the Chinese market.
"Qtopia offers the advantage of a comprehensive development platform while being very flexible", says Luo Zhong Sheng, PhD, General Manager, TD-SCDMA Product Line, Handsets Division of ZTE.
"We hope to leverage both advantages when building our internal TD-SCDMA mobile phone platform, U980".
"It will enable us to create new and complex devices quickly and efficiently while supporting the Chinese 3G standard".
"This additional relationship with ZTE affirms their confidence in Qtopia as a fundamental element of their smartphone platform", says Haavard Nord, Trolltech CEO.
"We are honoured to be part of the deployment of TD-SCDMA in China through this new co-operation with ZTE.
We believe that this partnership is the result of our early commitment to TD-SCDMA technology and to China".
Trolltech's award-winning Qtopia is unrivaled as the application platform for efficient creation of virtually any type of Linux-based device.
Qtopia's comprehensive product family offers an unmatched flexibility and control for customising the user experience.
Qtopia Phone Edition extends the flexibility and cost-savings benefits of Linux to the mobile market, serving as an alternative to proprietary software platforms, such as Windows Mobile and Symbian.
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