Motorola are back in the Symbian/UIQ fold after a short absence, launching the MOTORIZR Z8, based on UIQ 3 on Symbian OS and developed by the Sendo design team inherited a couple of years ago. A sliding design, the Z8 also comes with a 2mp camera and tie-ins with mobile data-based TV. The press release follows.
What a busy time (but perhaps an appropriate one) to divulge a mass of stats from the smartphone world. Canalys' latest report shows that 64 million smartphones shipped worldwide in 2006. Symbian's world market share was up to 67%, of which Nokia accounted for 50% and Sony Ericsson 5%.
And with energy levels rising round the blogosphere we come to 3GSM 2007 at last. So many things we've not been allowed to talk about but which will be announced at 10am GMT on Monday... Watch this space for analysis, photos from the launch events and more... Rafe's in the thick of things in Barcelona - wish him good health and plenty of bandwidth!
Telefonica Moviles Espana and Symbian today announced a collaboration that sees the two companies working to reinforce the role of Symbian OS devices (both S60 and UIQ) in Telefónica's mobile device portfolio. The deal is aimed at reducing development costs and time to market for new devices.
UIQ technology have announced a new version, 3.1 of their UIQ software platform. The new version adds supports for scalable vector graphics (SVG), improves the softkey configuration options and provides functions that facilitate multi-tasking thereby improving the ability to switch between applications.
Warring Nations is an established turn-based strategy game for other handheld platforms - but it's now available for UIQ 3 smartphones and RPG maestro Ewan tries it out. Summary? A great and detailed RPG but not a very good fit for a multi-tasking smartphone.
Rounding up our big review of the Sony Ericsson W950i music smartphone, Ewan delivers the big verdict and wonders whether to adopt the device full-time.
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,
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.
With less than a month to go until the closing date of UIQ Open, a scheme to promote UIQ 3 demos and new apps, Rafe interviews Sébastien Peirone, Developer Communications Manager at UIQ Technology. What's the competition about and what's up for grabs?
Motorola are back in the Symbian/UIQ fold after a short absence, launching the MOTORIZR Z8, based on UIQ 3 on Symbian OS and developed by the Sendo design team inherited a couple of years ago. A sliding design, the Z8 also comes with a 2mp camera and tie-ins with mobile data-based TV. The press release follows.