Trolltech today announced that the Qtopia development environment and user interface for Linux-based mobile devices is now available for Texas Instruments Incorporated's (TI) OMAP processor.

"TI's OMAP platform delivers the high performance and power efficiency required to deploy differentiated next-generation wireless devices," said Haavard Nord, Trolltech CEO. "Armed with the comprehensive Qtopia development environment and customizable user interface, OMAP developers can now cost-effectively bring to market innovative, unique devices that run on Linux. Qtopia is quickly becoming the standard software for Linux-based devices, and support for the popular OMAP processor will grow the Qtopia market that much faster."

Qtopia Driving Adoption of Linux on Mobile Devices

Trolltech's award-winning Qtopia software is a complete, customizable development environment and user interface for Linux-based mobile phones and PDAs. With Qtopia, manufacturers and service providers can cost-effectively develop software while maintaining control of their own branding and user interface. Qtopia 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. Last month the Qtopia Phone Edition won the prestigious LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award for "Best Embedded Solution."

"Qtopia is becoming established as critical technology for enabling Linux on mobile devices," said Paul Werp, worldwide director of marketing for TI's OMAP platform. "With Qtopia support for the OMAP processor, TI's customers now have a full featured software environment for developing innovative wireless products that take advantage of Linux's cost-savings, modularity and openness to deliver distinctive, full-featured handsets and other devices."