I have faced the same issue, however I resolved it by following the instructions from the below link:
http://pifuge.com/ubuntu/cPB-error-gnutls-handshake-failed-when-connecting-to-https-servers
I finally got to solve this by myself. I only had to add 'libqgfxtransformed.so' to my target's /usr/lib/qtopia/plugins/gfxdrivers folder. I then ran my app using the '-qws -display transformed:rot90' switch and I got my rotation done!