UIQ is dead, so says Sony Ericsson
According to a post from All About Symbian who was blogging live, UIQ was declared dead by Sony Ericsson’s Patrick Olson at the Symbian Smartphone show in London on Tuesday. The blog post reads:
UIQ declared dead by Sony Ericsson’s Patrick Olson. Or rather it didn’t make it. Another oxbow lake in the mobile industry story. Sad. @ 11:26 – Tuesday 21st October
Is the nail in the proverbial nail in the coffin for UIQ? Only time will tell but we have to admit that it does not bode very well for the platform when one of the two largest manufacturers of UIQ-powered handsets makes an exit stage right. With Sony Ericsson turning its back on UIQ, presumably to focus on the S60 platform, will Motorola be able to sustain the UIQ platform by themselves? If what Motorola had to offer at the Symbian Smartphone forum (read: nothing!) is any indication, then we can say bye, bye to UIQ. Ironically Motorola and UIQ were sponsors of the Symbian Smartphone show which is turning into a funeral dirge for UIQ instead of a rocking party.
[via All About Symbian and Moto Smartphones]
there is no one to blame but SE they KILLED it with their own HANDS
its sad to see one of the first platform that brought touchscreen phones and PDA together dies
Next up: Palm OS
indeed…this just shows why SE is going down…retards
Meh. It’s been coming a long time. The only ones who’ve been actually regularily releasing UIQ phones were SE, with moto releasing a few here and there that were not completly compatible with the UIQ in SE’s. There has been a lack on innovation and even modernization on the platform for quite a while, and frankly, the phones have been boring.
On another note, it’s Patrik Olsson, not Patrick Olson. He’s swedish.
I love my P1 to bits though, and with Opera 9.5 its even better. By the way, not a single word on Opera 9.5 mobile beta 2 BGR???
It’s sad, but definitely it’s been a long time coming.
R.I.P. U.I.Q.
Long live S60!
Once Nokia bought Symbian and opened up the code, there was no need for a second flavor.
Long live Symbian, not S60
UIQ bye bye , lousy sony ericsson , phone with UIQ surely hang ,,,,, good … now direct go inside coffin ……
Someone think companies around the world can be interested to these assets? Maybe growing companies in Asia or someone else…
Not clear how will finish this story, maybe this could be a big chance for someone now…