Qt Software has announced that Qtopia, a platform for creating user applications and interfaces for advanced consumer electronics which are based on Linux and has been allocated a new name and launched as Qt Extended 4.4.

Vice President of Qt Software, Nokia, Sebastian Nyström, says: “Qt Extended is designed to accelerate software development for a wide range of consumer devices, such as video IP phones, media players and other advanced devices. With the new release of Qt Extended, we are making it easier to differentiate the user experience and the feature set.”

Qt Extended extends the Qt application development framework, bringing increased functionality to embedded Linux, and inherits the Qt WebKit Integration, which helps device manufacturers enrich applications with live web content such as online maps, music stores and instant messaging.

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