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Another sign of death???
http://www.uiqblog.com/2008/03/27/uiq-33-unleashed/
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Posted: 2008-03-27 10:40:29
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The fact that UIQ isn't going quietly into the night does NOT mean the platform isn't, essentially, finished. It doesn't matter a jot if they release 29 new versions of it, all that matters is that people buy it, in the form of new devices, and develop for it.
I wouldn't expect the good people at SE, Motorola, or UIQ to let the platform die without a fight - but ultimately its survival is down to the consumers. Don't call off the wake just yet.
Oh, and please - statements like "UIQ 3.3 further enhances UIQ’s position as the platform of choice for manufacturers" just sound ridiculous, and do nothing for your credibility. UIQ has no position as a "platform of choice", it's being kept alive by just two manufacturers and a literal handful of phones - nobody could accuse it of being the first choice for anybody.
[ This Message was edited by: Boinng on 2008-03-27 10:01 ]
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Posted: 2008-03-27 10:55:39
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And last time i checked, SE and Motorola combined mean something on the mobile world...and both choose UIQ...its not THE platform of choice, but it does mean something
Listen...its not me, and other UIQ fans that are overeacting, saying UIQ is the best thing of the world and a tremendous success...it anyone is going to extremes are the people saying the platform is dead...
I just like it, see great potential on it together with alot of things to improve, and i think that can happen, despite SE and Moto´s recent bad decisions
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[ This Message was edited by: ares on 2008-03-27 10:09 ]
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Posted: 2008-03-27 11:07:58
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Between you and me, I like UIQ too, or at least I see it's potential, but at the same time - like most people - I'm frustrated by the painfully slow progress over the last couple of years. The reason people are scenting death, is the simple fact that there's been effectively no development of UIQ at all in 2-3 years. The handful of "flagship" UIQ phones released under the brand most associated with it, SE, are woefully behind in their technology compared to the competition. Moto's efforts have been better in some ways, but in other ways hampered by their loss of one of UIQ's key attractions, the touchscreen support. Combined with all the bad blood over the P990 etc, there really needed to be a much more decisive sea change in UIQ's promotion a lot sooner than this - which is, when all's said and done, a fairly minor upgrade. One which has yet to appear in any device announced or otherwise, at that.
When you consider the threat from S60 Touch just in the Symbian world, and the wider developments in WM, Android, and OS X, it really does look like a lame duck on life support, waiting for somebody to pull the plug. Not unlike Moto's mobile division, to be fair.
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Posted: 2008-03-27 11:35:46
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On 2008-03-27 11:35:46, Boinng wrote:
''''Between you and me''''
hmmmm, you know every one can read your post dont you....... so not much of secret!
sorry for off topic, im just a little hypo, couldnt resist
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Posted: 2008-03-27 11:54:34
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Its FUNTASTIC! i cant wait
to implement to their lineup soon
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Posted: 2008-03-27 12:06:00
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On 2008-03-27 11:35:46, Boinng wrote:
When you consider the threat from S60 Touch just in the Symbian world, and the wider developments in WM, Android, and OS X, it really does look like a lame duck on life support, waiting for somebody to pull the plug. Not unlike Moto's mobile division, to be fair.
So.. what you're saying is that UIQ is in trouble as a platform because of untested offerings turning up in the relatively distant future?
I guess that's one way of saying SE's two- year old UIQ implementation still is one of the best offerings on the market - which I unfortunately have to agree with - but come on..
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Posted: 2008-03-27 13:17:18
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On 2008-03-27 13:17:18, Nipsen wrote:
So.. what you're saying is that UIQ is in trouble as a platform because of untested offerings turning up in the relatively distant future?
I guess that's one way of saying SE's two- year old UIQ implementation still is one of the best offerings on the market - which I unfortunately have to agree with - but come on..
I can't really tell if you're joking or not. You don't think that developments like S60 with touch support, and increased choice in smartphone platforms from the likes of Android and the Iphone, are a challenge to UIQ? These things aren't in the distant future, most of them are going to happen this year - probably long before any significant new UIQ model appears.
Just look at S60 Touch. It's a hammerblow to UIQ. It's the most popular Symbian UI by a long shot, with the best developer support, using the best implementation of Symbian itself, combined with the single feature that UIQ previously championed over S60 - touchscreen support. How can that not be a massive threat? Nokia could royally screw up the whole interface (they won't) and it would still make UIQ look redundant.
I can't stand S60, I know little about Android, I'm not interested in the Iphone, and I spent four solid years being completely faithful to UIQ - but I can
still see that the platform's in big trouble, and posters like you have your heads so deep into the sand it's unreal!
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Posted: 2008-03-27 13:46:20
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Will this UIQ 3.3 version support flash / flash lite
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Posted: 2008-03-27 13:58:36
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Boinng...s60 touch has yet to prove itself to be on UIQ level (the touch part), much less iphone level...its premature to say anything about it untill you see some real devices
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Posted: 2008-03-27 14:04:20
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