Since we just released the Qt/WinCE Technology Preview and it has been quite some time since our last Qt/WinCE blog, I think it is time for another chapter on how our brave Qt framework is discovering the land of Windows CE.

Those of you who downloaded Qt/WinCE and tested the technology preview might know that Qt/WinCE supports all Qt modules except Qt3Support and OpenGL.

Actually right now I am working on support for OpenGL ES for Qt/WinCE.

OpenGL ES is a specialized version of OpenGL for embedded devices. But it is still powerful enough for some really impressive demos and examples if you look at the SDK by PowerVR.

This is a small demo showing off OpenGL on the Dell Axim. For such a small device the OpenGL rendering is pretty fast I think. In this demo we already use QGLWidget for general rendering and QGLPainter for text rendering and the bubbles. So if everything works as planned our next Qt/WinCE release may contain support for OpenGL (ES).

In the meantime we are integrating Qt 4.4 into our Qt/WinCE branch.

Finally a few days ago I realized that our scribble example is really cool on a handheld, because it allows you to draw directly with a pen on the screen. To bad I have no real artistic talent.

I hope you guys will have as much fun developing cool and useful applications for Windows CE devices as we have porting the awesome Qt to Windows CE.