kde-3.3 beta rpms have become available for suse 9.0 and 9.1. The rpms are available via the apt component "suse-people". The rpms for 9.1 installed rather easy. There is one glitch, the rpms require libjasper-1.701 while only version 1.700 is available. By using a fake-provides rpm the installation can continue. This minor issue will hopefully be resolved by suse.
RPM {
...
Fake-Provides {"libjasper-1.700.so.2"; };
...
}