Trolltech has renamed its embedded GUI stack and development framework, and is boasting of a design win in the multimedia streamer space. Qt for Embedded Linux, formerly Qtopia Core, formerly Qt/Embedded, was used by Roku Labs in an as-yet unannounced Internet streaming media player, according to Trolltech.

Neither Roku or Trolltech provided additional details on the soon-to-be-announced “multimedia streaming” product. Roku is known for its networked music and digital media systems, such as its SoundBridge Radio Internet radio player. Four years ago it released a software development kit (SDK) for its hacker-friendly, embedded Linux-based HD1000 high definition digital media player.

Roku's HD1000 (Click to enlarge)

The change to “Qt for Embedded Linux” is Trolltech's second name change for the Qtopia environment, having switched from “Qt/Embedded” in January, 2006. The new name was likely selected to avoid confusion and to create symmetry with Trolltech's forthcoming Qt for Windows CE product.

Qt for Embedded Linux targets “single-application products” built on embedded Linux, Trolltech said. It is receiving an upgrade in the second quarter, with the addition of a Webkit HTML rendering engine module.

Qt for Embedded Linux architecture

This may not be the last time Linux developers will need to remember a new Qtopia name. Trolltech is set to be acquired by its neighboring Finnish firm Nokia in the second quarter.

Stated Tim Twerdahl, Roku's VP, consumer products, “As on-demand digital media revolutionizes the home entertainment experience, the demand for connected, powerful, and easy-to-use Internet media players is taking off. Roku chose Qt because of its ability to quickly create a rich user interface, providing an important time-to-market advantage.”

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