Nokia nolonger holding back Symbian UIQ
October 1, 2007
Sony Ericsson had great success the last couple of years with their Walkman® models but the company now faces and prepares for new threats. The market has changed with the introduction of products and technologies such as the iPhone and multi touch screens. The battle of delivering the next generation of user interfaces has begun.
Six months ago Sony Ericsson bought UIQ Technology. UIQ is basically a GUI (graphical user interface) that provides additional functionality to the core operating system and an interface for touch sensitive devices. The company is now going through a rapid growth and is focusing on delivering tomorrows user interfaces for high end mobile devices - also known as mobile multimedia computers. As UIQ mainly was used by Sony Ericsson and partially owned by Nokia, it’s been said that Nokia halted UIQ’s development to diminish the growth of Sony Ericsson.
I hate to admit it, but when Apples introduced the iPhone, the mobile industry changed. Apple hoping for 1% of the mobile market with the iPhone (being a successor of the iPod’s), managed to take advantage Sony Ericsson and Nokia’s UIQ dispute. Steve Jobs and his staff at Apple’s could not have chosen a better timing.
