Skype-Trolltech deal should speed up time-to-market for Skype WiFi apps
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If you are Skype, you really, really want your User Interface to connect smoothly to the operating system used in Skype-certified WiFi handsets.
Best way to accomplish this is to choose an application platform that bridges what could be a chasm if not handled well.
I am guessing that's a key reason why Skype announced earlier this week that they have selected Trolltech's Qtopia as the preferred platform for doing exactly what I described.
Trolltech=mobile device software and solutions developer, based in Oslo, Norway.
As several Trolltech execs told a bunch of us have told us during the Von show here in San Jose, the advantages are not only the connectivity, but the time-to-market for Skype devices with User Interfaces containing the programs Skype users want to work with smoothly.