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Is it good news for UIQ?
Does it mean Sony might use UIQ as its touchscreen interface in future instead of WM?
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:13:56
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What are you on about? They already use UIQ for their touch screens. X1 is HTC thats why its WM.
If anything UIQ will dissapear.
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:27:26
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s60 will also "disappear", if you put it that way
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:32:32
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Not really becasue it will be used by all it will just maybe be called something else. SE and Moto should be thanking Nokia for this as they have saved their sorry skins. SE and Moto were on a sinking ship until this.
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:39:21
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On 2008-06-24 09:56:24, nikos_se wrote:
amazing news....a standard symbian os!!!!!!!
android os and windows mobile have serious trouble for sure
No i doubt Android OS will be in trouble, it'll be WM and Mac OS for sure
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:39:52
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Great news!
The effort going in to developing 4 different platforms must be huge and confusing for the customer.
Good move I say. Lets hope touch-screen stays.
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:45:17
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Of course it will stay, be it with UIQ+S60Touch or something other.
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:50:09
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bavlondon, you are trolling (again)...donīt go that way
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:50:47
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On 2008-06-24 10:13:56, sigea wrote:
Is it good news for UIQ?
Does it mean Sony might use UIQ as its touchscreen interface in future instead of WM?
This basically means that UIQ & S60 are going to be combined into 1 simple platform with varying models & needs and markets.
Strange though because I thought the whole purpose of Symbian was that no 1 entity would control it and hord it. Now it seems the seperation and obvious FAILINGS - yes I say failings when LESS manufacturers are interested in licensing it or developing it - and strengths of UIQ can be utilized by the sheer number of S60 developers.
No big surprise, more shock that this MAJOR agreement was kept hush hush for so long. Nokia has been buying up major software houses that build upon S60 and fronting Flash & Widlets for S60 for quite some time. Motorola got wood into purchasing 50% of UIQ from SonyEricsson (big profit there), and with Nokia's slight foray some 12mths ago in building a UIQ phone (yes they built just 1) now they have the FULL experience (modern: 7700 & 7710 was so old) in going touch screen.
The only bad news is Nokia is BURNING UP serious cash to get this happening, when ALL parties stand to loose if Symbian comes crashing down; so they should ALL front the bill.
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:53:32
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I know we are yet to see S60 touch but surley once UIQ have contributed all they can it will be abandoned. Surley SE will want to use the newer OS that has proven to be more popular right?
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Posted: 2008-06-24 10:54:29
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