Author Topic: Trolltech Qtopia 2.1 ROM soon (Read 29195 times)

lpotter · « **Reply #30 on:** December 07, 2004, 03:52:15 pm »

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I just checked the Trolltech Web site, and if it is possible to download QT 2.1, I have no idea where.

Free version of Qtopia pda 2.1.0 source is not available yet.

bit_bucket · « **Reply #31 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:44:16 pm »

That being said, you seem to be someone in the know about this. Do you know if Trolltech will release a 2.1 ROM for Zaurus based devices, as hinted to in the FAQ's on the Trolltech site? And is this to be released this year? Thanks in advance for any info you may have...

bit_bucket

lpotter · « **Reply #32 on:** December 08, 2004, 02:26:27 am »

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That being said, you seem to be someone in the know about this. Do you know if Trolltech will release a 2.1 ROM for Zaurus based devices, as hinted to in the FAQ's on the Trolltech site? And is this to be released this year? Thanks in advance for any info you may have...

bit_bucket

We have a few devices roms working, see my reply to Mickeys post in this thread. Not sure when they will be available. 'Soon' I keep saying, although it has been 'soon' for quite a number of weeks.

bit_bucket · « **Reply #33 on:** December 08, 2004, 07:00:57 am »

Thanks for the reply... When these are available, where will we be able to download them from? And will these be a complete ROM, IE kernel and fs?

jepjepjep · « **Reply #34 on:** December 08, 2004, 07:43:10 pm »

The screenshots of Qtopia 2.1 look fantastic!

I can't wait until it's available. Keep up the good work Trolltech.

tumnus · « **Reply #35 on:** December 08, 2004, 08:38:33 pm »

This ROM sounds really interesting, but while we're waiting, here's a few questions I have:

1. Does the calendar have exceptions to repeating events and a snooze feature finally?
2. Can the Today program be set to Fast Load and appear every time you resume the PDA?
3. What formats can the music and video player handle now? Ogg? DivX?
4. Can the video player play full screen video?
5. Is there any Bluetooth support? I would have thought that the Phone edition at least includes some...
6. Will the Hancom Office apps work on it?
7. Will Opera work on it?
8. Are the Qtopia/QT libraries binary compatible with apps compiled against the older Sharp ROM libs?
9. Will it sync against the Trolltech Qtopia Desktop on Windoze, Linux and Mac like the old Sharp 5500 ROM?
10. Can it be synced with the old Intellisync used with the old 5500 ROMs, so we can sync with Lotus Notes at work again?

That's all for now

I think it's excellent of Trolltech to keep on supporting Linux PDAs in this way. Good job!

lpotter · « **Reply #36 on:** December 08, 2004, 11:25:13 pm »

1. exceptions? like repeat every 3rd day? <- yes
What do you mean by snooze?
2.Fast load, yes. The Today app on resume sounds like an interesting idea.
3. The mediaplayer uses ffmpeg
4. Yes
5. No.
6. Yes, it should. Will test.
7. Yes, it does.
8. Yes. Most apps I have tested do indeed work.
9. No. It will sync better than the old version.
10. Not real sure. I can sure test this. It should.

There will be an appropriate license to allow commercial applications like The Kompany's, as well as new commercial Qtopia applications can be run and developed.

Pcghost · « **Reply #37 on:** December 09, 2004, 12:45:17 am »

I second that thanks to trolltech. The screenshots look great, and if it can sync with Linux in a straight-forward fashion then count me in.

Ashitaka · « **Reply #38 on:** December 09, 2004, 01:12:22 am »

This looks great!
I am impatient to test this new version ^^

doseas · « **Reply #39 on:** December 09, 2004, 01:28:42 am »

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1. exceptions? like repeat every 3rd day? <- yes
What do you mean by snooze?

By exceptions he means that if, say you have a meeting regularly scheduled for every Thursday, but the meeting gets cancelled for one week or perhaps it gets moved to Wednesday that week, or a different time.

By snooze he means that an alarm goes off as scheduled, but you hit a snooze button not to cancel the alarm, but to put it off for some period of time -- ie, remind me again in 10 minutes, or in 30 minutes, etc.

BTW, Microsoft Outlook supports both of these features and is a good model to use. To create exceptions, it offers an "Edit this one occurance" as well as an "Edit the series" option.

Stubear · « **Reply #40 on:** December 09, 2004, 09:38:15 am »

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By exceptions he means that if, say you have a meeting regularly scheduled for every Thursday, but the meeting gets cancelled for one week or perhaps it gets moved to Wednesday that week, or a different time.

Ko/pi does this - although you have to drag and drop the regular meeting to a different day or time to break the connection to the repeated event. After that you can edit it seperately

Stu

ev1l · « **Reply #41 on:** December 09, 2004, 11:52:26 am »

Great news indeed.
A couple of things while waiting:

1) Do the special key work when logging in from remote (home/end/pgup/pgdown/delete) with SSH/telnet?
2) Very good news on the media player (ffmpeg). Have the playlist support and UI improved at all?
3) Too bad there's no BT, but oh well.
4) Is the TCP over USB now recognized as a connection (for browsers etc. They complain on the current ROMs)
5) Is there a Wifi manager (so you can auto-detect which network you're approaching and change settings accordingly, like on a Mac). Very handy for people with both work and home wifi setups, and those you like to connect at their coffee-shops.
6) Is there an ption to disable auto-suspend and shutoff when a given process is running (so it won't turn off when you use the media player, etc)

nilch · « **Reply #42 on:** December 09, 2004, 02:25:59 pm »

Firstly kudos to Trolltech for carrying on the great work they have done for PDA's and handheld (and now mobiles too).

And while I am on it thanks a lot to lpotter for communicating Trolltechs ideas to us and vice-versa I am sure.

I see on the screenshots that the Qtopia PDA edition Settings tab has "Call Forwarding" and "Call options" settings. How is that so ? Does the PDA version support voice calls and forwarding and all that ?

There is another screenshot of a Settings Tab, where its in a list format and the last entry is "A-Z Words" ? Is that some Dictionary setting or what does it refer to ?

The Handwriting settings is a great plus - as is the Full screen handwriting recognition. This feature makes the Qtopia environment as good and versatile as the other PDA platforms (though on the Zaurus with keyboards, it may not seem to be a big plus).

All in all, at first glance, it looks like a ROM we will all be waiting for with eager anticipation.

Regarding Tumnus's list of questions, I am not too sure I would want a Today app on resume everytime. Better would be to link it to a hardware button and bring it on by choice. Just my preference though.

tumnus · « **Reply #43 on:** December 09, 2004, 02:59:23 pm »

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- option to disable auto-suspend and shutoff when a give process is running (so it won't turn off when you use the media player, etc)

That's been in Qtopia for ages. Even the Sharp ROMs have that.

Anyway, thanks again lpotter for answering so quickly.

acpkendo · « **Reply #44 on:** December 09, 2004, 04:04:23 pm »

I third the thanks to lpotter and Trolltech. . . it's great that they're deciding to support the community even though Sharp won't.

As far as the new ROM goes, I can't wait. I will pitch in my questions, though:

1) Will the ROM include a "notes" app?
2) Will the new Qtopia Desktop be able to sync e-mail (w/ attachments) and notes (if they're included)?
3) Will the Outlook connectors be able to sync all these things too? (calendar, address, to-do, notes, e-mail)?
4) Will there by any new connectors included? (I'd love to see connectors for KDE apps)

Thanks again for your hard work and really great support. . .

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