i3 chooses Trolltech's Qt/Embedded for Mood Box

i3 chooses Trolltech's Qt/Embedded for Mood Box

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i3 chooses Trolltech's Qt/Embedded for Mood Box

Qt/Embedded provides i3's next-
generation set-top box with
graphical layer to display content and applications

San Francisco, Calif. (Linux World Conference and Expo) - August 12, 2002 -
Trolltech, the leader in single-source, multi-platform software development,
and i3 micro technology today announced that Qt/Embedded, Trolltech's compact
embedded Linux version of the Qt toolkit, will be included in i3's Mood
Box(TM), a set-top box. The Mood Box will be demonstrated here at LinuxWorld
in booth number 543.

"The Mood Box is a stunning piece of technology that pleases the eye and
delivers the robust functionality necessary for this market," says Haavard
Nord, Trolltech's CEO. "The Mood Box marks the first public entry for
Trolltech and Qt into the home entertainment market. It also proves that
Qt/Embedded is not just platform independent, it is device independent as
well."

The Mood Box, a next-generation set-top box, is designed to fit into any
home, hotel room, or commercial setting by providing users with IP-based
real-time TV, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, music-on-demand, Internet
browsing, e-mail and more. The Mood Box is part of the Mood(TM) product
family, which consists of set-top boxes, various streaming servers, and a
management system.

Qt/Embedded provides i3 micro with the graphical layer necessary to display
content and applications, including the Opera web browser. Qt/Embedded's
scalability and modular environment provides a desktop-strength application
environment for memory-constrained embedded Linux devices, such as the Mood
Box.   

"We deliver cutting-edge products and must work with world class partners
like Trolltech," says Hans Holmberg, President, i3 micro technology. "The
Qt/Embedded is the ideal graphical application layer for our Mood Box."

About i3 micro technology
i3 micro technology is a Swedish company that was established in 1997. With
headquarters in Kista, Sweden, i3 develops and markets products and turnkey
solutions for the distribution and reception of digital TV, video and
telephony over IP networks. i3 has Servisen Private Equity Fund I & II,
Investment AB Spiltan and Catella among its investors. For more information
about i3, please visit www.i3micro.com.

About Trolltech
Trolltech is a software company with two flagship products: Qt and Qtopia. Qt
is a multi-platform C++ application framework that lets developers write
single-source applications that run natively on Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS
X and embedded Linux. Qt has been used to build thousands of successful
commercial applications worldwide, and the open source KDE desktop
environment. Qtopia is the first comprehensive application environment built
for embedded Linux, and is used in Sharp's new Zaurus SL5500 personal mobile
tool. Trolltech is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Brisbane,
Australia, and Santa Clara, California. More about Trolltech can be found at
www.trolltech.com.

For information outside of North America, please contact Tonje Sund at +47 21
60 48 78, +47 934 02 344 or tonje@trolltech.com.

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Trolltech, Qtopia and Qt are trademarks of Trolltech. Mood and Mood Box are
trademarks of i3 micro technology. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.

For more information, contact:

Jonas Dahllof, Marketing Director
i3 micro technology
Tel: +46-8-506 388 00
e-mail: jonas.dahllof@i3micro.com

Tonje Sund
Trolltech AS
+47 21 60 48 78, +47 934 02 344
tonje@trolltech.com

Angelique Faul
Evans Partners/for Trolltech Inc.
(650) 595-8757
angelique@evanspartners.com