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Sony Ericsson complete UIQ Technology Acqusition
Sony Ericsson has announced, following regulatory approval, that is has completed its acquisition of UIQ Technology from Symbian. UIQ Technology will operate as a separate business subsidiary of Sony Ericsson and the UIQ software platform will remain openly available. We can expect to hear more about Sony Ericsson plans at the upcoming 3GSM conference,F703i and D703i start shipping
NTT DoCoMo started shipping the D703i (Mitsubishi) and the F703i (Fujitsu) phones yesterday. The phones run on MOAP on Symbian and are only available on NTT DoCoMo's FOMA network in Japan. They take the total number of phone models based on Symbian OS shipping in Japan to 47 .Symbian at 3GSM 2007
Symbian is going to have a big presence at 3GSM 2007 in Barcelona and their 3GSM web pages are now live - including coffee, lifestyle, lounge and blogs! And a reminder that AllAboutSymbian (ok, Rafe) will be there too, reporting back on the new devices and services.Wellness Diary
Nokia Research Center has released a new, free application designed to help you work, rest and play (and get fit!) in equal measures. Wellness Diary is downloadable here for all S60 smartphones. Ed, over at the E-series blog is giving it a 30 day test(!)A puzzle for the weekend, sir?
Good games for S60 3rd Edition seem to be arriving in a steady stream. Quite a number of them from ZingMagic's direction, it has to be said. Here I review Magi-Mix, a superbly-implemented and very challenging word puzzle.IW interview Symbian CEO
Information Week have published a short email interview with Symbian CEO, Nigel Clifford, covering the need for a mobile OS and Symbian's strategies for breaking America. (via RingNokia)The Father of S60 on the N95...
Christian Lindholm, all round nice guy and the man who (legend has it) designed the S60 interface, is apparently also on the Nokia N95 pre-production test program. Here he eulogises about the N95 and sees it as truly revolutionary. Via Tommi.Does the N95 top the Grid for you?
Another Nokia N95-related link - I've just added it to my interactive smartphone-selector Grid. Plug in your personal preferences and see which are the most suitable devices for you. And if the N95 wins - well, you've only got another month or so to wait!The Apps - Part 3 of Ewan's W950i review
In part 3 of his continuing review of the new Sony Ericsson W950i UIQ 3-powered music smartphone, Ewan looks at the rest of its application suite. In case you missed them, here are parts 1 and 2 of the review.X-Plore file manager
X-Plore is a file manager for S60 phones from Lonely Cat Games the authors of Smart Movie and Profimail. X-Plore is currently available as a free beta. It includes the usual file manager features and also includes a images and text viewer. It does not use the standard S60 UI elements and consequently is able to fit more information on the screen at one time.UIQ 3 Developer Tutorial
The first part of a new series of tutorials on developing for UIQ is now available on the Sony Ericsson Developer world website. The tutorials are written by freelance developer Simon Judge and part 1 covers cover UIQ the platform and offers an architectural overview.S60 Device Comparison updated...
Just a note that I've now updated my big one-page S60 device comparison table over on 3-Lib to include this year's new Nokia S60 3rd Edition smartphones. As usual, comments and corrections welcome!