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China wins, Symbian loses in Sony Ericsson reorg

Sony Ericsson announced a company reorganisation yesterday, intended to rationalise its R&D investment. The 2,000 job losses had been announced after another brutal quarter back in July, so yesterday's announcement tells us where these will fall.

User interface development will be centered in Beijing. The move also sees significant job cuts in the company's North Carolina operation, sources said, although there will be new hiring in its California development center. The latter focusses primarily on Windows Mobile devices such as the Xperia X1.

Symbian development hasn't been entirely abandoned, although there will be a considerable lacuna until Sony Ericsson's next Symbian devices appear, we're told....

more at theregister.co.uk

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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:23:19
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So if Symbian is not completely abandoned it means that the next P or X series phone will be UIQ one imo.
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:25:59
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Thats what it sounds like to me too but there will be a gap (lacuna??).

This article tells us to expect SE Android phones no earlier than Q32009 as they're not sure how successful it will be initially so from now until then it looks like A2 and possibly WM only.


[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2008-09-30 12:33 ]
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:32:35
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The x series shout be for WM and P and G series for Symbian.
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:33:22
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Yes and I have heard that the X series were meant to be UIQ phones . We have only to wait and see what the future brings.
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:34:38
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This sounds ugly. I hope that se could get a relief to this lost with new phones.
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:41:00
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Well if they did fire not much needed employees (unproductive ones ) their bussiness should go better now... But they know what they did... Surely they have some interesting plan. Let's hope it will be successful.
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:43:25
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They will probably use s60 or the new symbian whenever it comes out.
I honestly dont get all that uiq hype. I used for a couple years and its not that great IMO. You have almost no software to buy or install. Nothing compared to WM. UIQ is a dead end and I wouldnt buy a phone knowing that the os is dead in a couple of months. Even if SE will announce a uiq phone this year, it would come out april the earliest knowing se's fast announcing-releasing strategy
Isn't the new symbian coming out in the 2nd half next year?
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:45:16
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Well it's a bit complicated when new platform is developed... Not supported with older's one apps and vice versa... Everything has to be rewritten...
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:48:07
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yeah, but still. Do you really want to get a device when you already know that its os is dead? Just to support se? I dont.
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Posted: 2008-09-30 13:52:58
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