Leadtek Uses Trolltech's Qtopia for Award Winning IP Broadband Videophone; Industry Leader in Video and IP Technologies Uses Qtopia Technology to Enable Meetings Face-to-Face, Anytime, Anywhere.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Trolltech(R), a leading provider of technologies that make advanced software faster to build and easier to use, today announced that its Qtopia(R) software for Linux-based embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. products is the application development platform for Leadtek's award winning IP broadband videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. , XTP (Xpress Transfer Protocol) A research transport protocol designed by Greg Chesson of SGI. Designed for high-speed networks, it provides services at layers 3 and 4 of the OSI model. 8830. Leadtek Research Inc. is an industry leader in video and IP technologies. The H.264-based Videophone XTP8830 uses H.323/SIP protocol and offers high performance with good quality video communication. This product is capable of supporting today's demanding requirements in triple play technologies, including video telephony See videophone. , streaming, VoIP and online browsing. It can be adapted to all IP-based networks such as LANs, WANs and Internet. From homes to offices, wherever there's an Ethernet line, XTP 8830 facilitates meetings face-to-face anytime, from anywhere in the world. Qtopia's customizable platform enabled the efficient integration of all these features, as well as providing an intuitive and easy-to-learn interface. Leadtek H.264-based Videophone XTP8830 was recently honored with the CES 2006 Innovations Design and Engineering Award. "Leadtek is the first company, together with their partner, France Telecom, to make cost-effective video telephony available to residential users," says Adam Lawson, Product Director, Mobile Embedded Solutions at Trolltech. "Qtopia gives Leadtek a proven technology for developing customized, innovative applications and user interfaces for their line of videophone products." "Qtopia is a complete application platform and user interface that enhances Linux and makes it complete," said Hon Sit, VP of Business Development at Leadtek USA. "With Qtopia, we were able to develop this feature-rich IP videophone faster and more efficiently -- while providing our customers a comprehensive and user-friendly interface." About Leadtek Research Inc. Founded in 1986, Leadtek Research Inc. is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan and has five overseas subsidiaries in the USA, Netherlands, China, Japan and France. Three Business Units -- Computer Multimedia, Wireless Communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. and Audio/Video Communications -- are focused on the design and manufacture of 3D graphics, PC Multimedia, PCTV See PC/TV. solutions, GPS module and navigation devices, Bluetooth-enabled products, as well as audio/video communication products including videophones and IP set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. . They provide integrated systems and total customer solutions that drive the company's revenue. Living up to its reputation for reliability, quality and performance based on unrelenting R&D, Leadtek continues to stir the market's imagination, turning new dreams into digital reality with ever more original hi-tech products forged in its laboratories of cutting edge technology. For more information, please visit http://www.leadtek.com or visit us at VON (#942). About Trolltech Trolltech provides leading technologies that combine the advantages of Linux with the freedom to innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. across all platforms. The company's core products are Qt, a cross-platform software development framework for the desktop; and Qtopia, a customizable application platform and user interface for Linux-based consumer devices. Trolltech software is the foundation for thousands of leading products worldwide, many from Global 2000 companies. Trolltech is a second-generation open source company, with dual licensing that supports open source values and methodology in a profitable, sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities. . For more information about Trolltech, please go to http://www.trolltech.com of visit us at VON (#115). Trolltech, Qt, Qtopia and the Qt logo are registered trademarks of Trolltech AS in Norway and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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