Why wait for
Access Linux or a garden-variety
consortium to come to market, when Trolltech's got us covered
right now with their
Qtopia smartphone platform? Of course, devices running Qtopia have been few and far between, and unless you're willing to hit up
France for one of your own, tracking down a handset is likely an exercise in futility. Trolltech has been feeling your pain and looks to introduce their "Greenphone" as part of several software development kits they'll be offering starting next month. We had a chance to hit up their launch event last night and snapped a couple shots (our apologies for the quality) and we have to admit, even though this thing is targeted squarely at Qtopia developers, it could just as well be decent looking handset for the masses. The quadband GSM / GPRS Greenphone includes Bluetooth, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of ROM with a miniSD slot for expansion, and a QVGA touchscreen sitting atop a 317MHz XScale; we're even digging the ecto-green exterior. Interested parties best be on their toes -- the phone won't be offered alone, and SDK packages will be available in strictly limited quantities.
posted Aug 15th 2006 3:06PM
I would actually really like one. The lack of even something like EDGE bothers me, but I bet it'd be nice.
Why is it that this phone for development looks a crap=load better than anything released by the major players lately? I want one.
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I agree with Jimmy, it seems way better than a lot of the phones currently being made...
I'd pay a pretty penny for one. EDGE is not huge for me, but it would be nice if they released something with a qwerty keypad since I instant message more than talk on the phone.
I dont know if I like the name greephone though makes feel like a tree hugger.. lol
thats what i thought when i first saw it sam, lol, wow ill wait two years until i get phone right now i have v3i though so two years .....two years... or maye one ill see lol
Beautyfull colour. A lot of people, like I, like green. The best thing is operating system... Linux :)
I would definitely like one of these, even though I'm not a developer and would never use the SDK. A 3G/UMTS version would be nice. I just wonder if any of the UK networks would offer it when Trolltech decide it is ready for end-users. Wasn't sure on the colour, but it's beginning to grow on me...