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Cheat Sheet: Symbian
Cheat Sheet S60, UIQ, MOAP(S)… What's with all the weird acronyms? Nokia also gifted the Symbian OS and S60 user interface software to the Foundation, while Sony Ericsson and Motorola contributed technology from the... [01 Oct 2009]
Symbian takes step towards open source with first package release
News The new OS is to be based on version 9 of the Symbian OS and will integrate the S60, UIQ and MOAP user interfaces, according to Symbian. The Symbian Foundation has released its first open-source software package, the... [10 Jul 2009]
Symbian Foundation recruits more supporters
News The not-for-profit organisation - which has been set up to unify Symbian, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) software; and administer, oversee and develop the resulting Symbian mobile OS in its altered open source state - has added a... [13 Feb 2009]
Mobile-software company UIQ files for bankruptcy
News The mobile-software company UIQ has filed for bankruptcy, following the decision by its last remaining customer to stop using its platform. Motorola and Sony Ericsson, the joint owners of UIQ via a Dutch... [05 Jan 2009]
Motorola to slash 3,000 jobs
News The communications company has also confirmed it is dropping the Symbian-based UIQ platform in favour of a focus on just three platforms: Android, Windows Mobile and the homegrown P2K platform that Motorola puts into... [04 Nov 2008]
Symbian Foundation prepares to shock the competition
News The Symbian Foundation will unite all the various flavours of Symbian's mobile operating system - Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) - into one open source platform, ending 10 years of Symbian as a proprietary operating... [28 Oct 2008]
Opera mobile gets Symbian support
News It'll be the second beta for Windows Mobile phones, and the first beta compatible with the Symbian UIQ platform. The new beta installs five widgets on Windows Mobile and UIQ phones. You can download... [20 Oct 2008]
Sony Ericsson: 'Studying the Android possibility'
News The mobile maker will launch its first Windows Mobile handset - the Xperia X1 - at the end of this month, a break from its tradition of using the UIQ software platform for high end smart phones. Mobile maker Sony... [25 Sep 2008]
Sharp, Opera join Symbian Foundation
News UIQ is also listed as a new member, despite the fact that the open source Symbian will effectively subsume the UIQ and Series 60 platforms — both of which are already based on Symbian. The browser... [09 Sep 2008]
3 jumps on board Symbian Foundation
News The Foundation is a Nokia-led consortium that was recently established to grow and open-source Symbian over the next two years, while incorporating Symbian-derived platforms such as Series 60 and UIQ into the main... [11 Jul 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News Once it owns Symbian Ltd, Nokia will contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Foundation, while Sony Ericsson and Motorola said they intend to contribute technology from UIQ, and DoCoMo will contribute its MOAP(S)... [24 Jun 2008]
Cisco places faith in remote access
News In October 2007, a partnership was announced between SoonR and the mobile office-software company Quickoffice, whose software can be found on a wide range of Symbian and UIQ mobile phones. Cisco has invested in SoonR, a... [14 Jan 2008]
Sony Ericsson shops for Symbian subsidiary
News Sony Ericsson is to acquire UIQ, the Swedish Symbian-subsidiary that produces the user interface for the handset manufacturer's high-end smart phones. Mats Lindoff, Sony Ericsson's chief technology officer, said:... [08 Nov 2006]
Sony Ericsson overhauls flagship business smart phone
News It runs on the UIQ 3 software platform, which allows coders to write applications that will run on phones from different manufacturers without needing to be rewritten.silicon.com's Jo Best contributed to this article [11 Oct 2005]
Smart phones split mobile buyers
News UIQ devices represent four per cent of the market. Smart phone buyers are being divided into two separate camps these days, according to new research - those who want devices for their mobile email capability and those... [30 Sep 2005]
