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Green with envy over the Greenphone
Raven Zachary, September 12, 2006 @ 5:16 pm ETThe coolest thing I saw at LinuxWorld Expo San Francisco last month was the Trolltech Qtopia Greenphone. The Greenphone is a Linux-based mobile phone, based on the company’s Qtopia Phone Edition platform. It is targeted at software developers who are looking to bring their applications to the emerging Linux phone market.
Today at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2006 Convention, Trolltech announced pricing/availability (press release) and community support (press release) for the Greenphone. The ‘development kits’ are available today at the $695 US and $890 US price points. Developers who intend to release their applications using the open source GPL license are eligible for the lower price.
Trolltech is not marketing the Greenphone as a consumer device, as its focus is selling Qtopia Phone Edition as a platform for mobile device manufacturers. As much as phone may be the envy of the geek consumer, its purpose is to provide software developers with a device to showcase their work.
PS: Trolltech – if you’re reading this, please send me an evaluation unit! 
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