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Sony Ericsson buys UIQ |
shaliron
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London, UK – November 7, 2006 - Sony Ericsson today announced it has reached agreement in principle for acquiring the Swedish software company UIQ Technology AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Symbian Ltd. UIQ Technology, which uses Symbian OS™, licenses the UIQ user interface and application development platform to mobile phone vendors worldwide.
Sony Ericsson is already a licensee of UIQ Technology, and has been working closely with the company on UIQ version 3.0, which is included in Sony Ericsson’s P990 smartphone, M600 messaging phone and W950 Walkman® phone.
“UIQ offers excellent technical flexibility enabling us to provide compelling features such as push email, internet browsing, end user personalization, and enhanced music applications” explains Mats Lindoff, Chief Technology Officer at Sony Ericsson. “By acquiring UIQ Technology we will further invest and exploit the full potential of UIQ on Symbian OS for phone vendors, mobile operators, developers and consumers.”
Following completion of the acquisition, UIQ Technology will operate as a separate business subsidiary of Sony Ericsson under its current management team. UIQ on Symbian OS will continue to be openly available, licensed on equal terms to all its licensees.
“We welcome this decision by Sony Ericsson to purchase UIQ Technology as it will give us the additional investment needed to compete in the rapidly expanding software market for advanced phones,” said Johan Sandberg, Chief Executive Officer, UIQ Technology.
“This announcement is a positive development as it will strengthen the capabilities and services available for phones based on UIQ and Symbian OS whilst allowing us to focus on the core product development of Symbian OS for the mass market. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Sony Ericsson and UIQ on future phone projects,” said Nigel Clifford, Chief Executive Officer, Symbian.
Sony Ericsson expects the transaction to be completed over the next few months, pending regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.
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PeterKay
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Big question now, will the prices of UIQ software be cheaper or more expensive!!
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Dogmann
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Hi all,
Well that kills stone dead any speculation that the next series of SE's smartphones are migrating platform then.
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Sexygenius
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So does this mean we'll see more integration of Sony Ericsson features into UIQ models now?
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PeterKay
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I guess it does..
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spine6
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More UIQ phones WOW... I hope it will be easy for them to fixed problems when SE and UIQ are one.
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Keeping UIQ under their roof has plenty positives. Management,development and implementation will be a lot simpler. Hopefully they will be able to sort problems out sooner and effectively.
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ambyzown
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And invariably, more  smartphones being developed. Hopefully. |
slimfady
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I like this,
maybe now we should see UIQ updates happening faster.
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DragonEye
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guess.. it's alright since no one else was making UIQ products anyways |
Bandit
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*groan*....here comes more proprietary stuff from SE. Will they never learn? *sigh*
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xan K
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this could mean more high-end phones from sony ericsson which should be good.
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bart
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we know is slowly increasing its smartphone line.
with UIQ under their wings, we'll probably see an update in their UI on normal phones. like the Z558 a normal phone with limited touchscreen options.
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S4k1s
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Well, now can't be cheated on as they were when other manufacturers released UIQ phones after made all the development :] |
Supa_Fly
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On 2006-11-07 17:50:52, S4k1s wrote:
Well, now can't be cheated on as they were when other manufacturers released UIQ phones after made all the development :]
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Oh you mean like Motorola? Yeah they like screwing over other companies.
However this better mean more quality implementation between interface & Symbian & with the hardware components. If not then SE will be stuck with it, no1 will want it.
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