mediabistro.com - 11/10/2008
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It's not a surprise, given all the momentum in the Symbian world has been related to Nokia and Series 60 that the UIQ platform wasn't long for this world. Even Sony Ericsson, which built some of the few UIQ devices to ever hit the market called it dead. Even so, it's worth noting that the UIQ ...
allaboutsymbian.com - 11/5/2008
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allaboutsymbian.com —
Please bear in mind that these impressions, observations
and pictures come from pre-release hardware and software .
As such they may be subject to change , we will have to wait for production hardware and software before drawing any final conclusions. ...
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All About Symbian Review: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Preview ...
unwiredview.com - 11/12/2008
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unwiredview.com —
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is not yet commercially available,
but that didn’t stop some Chinese phone producer to
clone it. Called Li 5800, the 5800 XpressMusic copycat looks very amateurish when compared to the original. Feature-wise, the fake ...
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic got cloned – it just had to happen
allaboutsymbian.com - 11/7/2008
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allaboutsymbian.com —
With Sony Ericsson's and Motorola's decision to stop
using the UIQ platform in future products the long
term future of UIQ Technology, the company behind the platform, was thrown into doubt. As things currently stand the long term future of the ...
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UIQ Technology puts remaining staff on notice
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RIP UIQ
jkOnTheRun —
... The UIQ operating system, a variant of Symbian that has been used on Motorola and Sony Ericsson handsets is now officially dead. The demise of UIQ was a given once Nokia spun off the Symbian Foundation to promote the S60 version of Symbian that all but knocked UIQ out of the water. The official end of UIQ comes as all 270 employees have been given notice that the company is closing. Sony Ericsson will support them on a month-to-month basis to help sell the company and also help employees find other jobs in the industry. RIP UIQ. ...
RIP UIQ [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... The UIQ operating system, a variant of Symbian that has been used on Motorola and Sony Ericsson handsets is now officially dead. The demise of UIQ was a given once Nokia spun off the Symbian Foundation to promote the S60 version of Symbian that all but knocked UIQ out of the water. The official end of UIQ comes as all 270 employees have been given notice that the company is closing. Sony Ericsson will support them on a month-to-month basis to help sell the company and also help employees find other jobs in the industry. RIP ...
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UIQ staff put on notice —
The Register 11/10/2008
Touched no more 270 staff at UIQ - the graphical layer left homeless by the launch of the Symbian Foundation - have been put on notice that they could lose their jobs real soon now. But Sony Ericsson is going to cover their pay for the next month ...
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