Sony Ericsson to buy UIQ from Symbian
7 November 2006 by axxxr Sony Ericsson said today that it has agreed to buy software company UIQ Technology from Symbian.
Sony Ericsson today announced it has reached agreement in principle for acquiring the Swedish software company UIQ Technology AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Symbian Ltd. UIQ Technology, which uses Symbian OS(TM), licenses the UIQ user interface and application development platform to mobile phone vendors worldwide.
Comments On 9 Nov 14:00 fpc wrote YUP "its a beautiful day .... SE way ...." On 8 Nov 14:32 WhiteEye wrote and 6708 will be Nokia's last UIQ smart phone On 8 Nov 09:44 Enigma wrote Great news, one company, one design team and hopefully an increased range of supported and stable software. On 8 Nov 06:46 Battosai wrote Good move SE! On 7 Nov 23:20 Kulorex wrote I think the article says uiq's license will be openly available to all its licensees. Good thing SE would be ahead and in control. This move will strongly increase phone's stability On 7 Nov 21:10 Senna wrote Damn I wish the K800i had symbian os would be so sweet! On 7 Nov 20:27 hoggi wrote SE is selling their mobile platform to other companies like LG today. Can't se why SE wont sell UiQ-SE software! Money talks! :) On 7 Nov 19:41 reham wrote Nice nice nice...........cant wait for the next UIQ phone. On 7 Nov 18:56 Anand wrote If Sony Ericsson buys UIQ m sure motorola has to find another OS for their next smartphones cause SE will only allow UIQ in SE smartphones for sure and am sure they'r planning to get midrange cell phones with uiq compitable !! very good step by SE On 7 Nov 18:22 prom1 wrote That line has existed for a long time, with one Nokia cross-over. If this chief technology officer has the engineers from the Clie line of Sony on his team, we're in for some incredible advances down the line! Good thing is the equal licensing terms > so that other company's dont feel like their getting goudged. However we must wait for regulatory approval, no doubt it'll go through. Why do I get the feeling that Motorola is going to regret not staying with UIQ. On 7 Nov 17:27 Residentevil wrote Now that should make it better hopefully. But also draws a line between SE/UIQ and Nokia. |