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UIQ Files for Bankruptcy
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... a recent interview that the company has filed for bankruptcy. UIQ was jointly owned by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, and supplied a version of Symbian to some mobile handsets. UIQ's bankruptcy comes partly as a result of Nokia's purchase of Symbian, which it plans to make available for free. Sandberg said, "There are no opportunities to create a new line of business in the current financial climate." Symbian had been reducing staff levels, but still has 200 employees as of last month. more info at Reuters ...

UIQ oficialmente muerto
Celularis — ... de la empresa, y de los casi 200 empleados, después de no obtener financiación adicional de parte las empresas propietarias, Sony Ericsson y Motorola, dueñas del 50% cada una. UIQ no había logrado superar el trance de Symbian, apenas pudo lograr sacar dos modelos en todo el 2008, el Motorola Z10 y el Sony Ericsson G900, y Motorola ha cancelado su proyecto más prometedor con este sistema operativo, el Motorola RAZR3 Ruby. Vía Reuters y PhoneNews ...

UIQ bankrupt, mobile platform is officially dead
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... employees have been warned of impending layoffs and we’d imagine that the company is gearing up to liquidate anything that’s not bolted down (and possibly even stuff that is bolted down). The company’s insolvency announcement puts the final nail in the coffins of many UIQ-based handsets that were rumored to be in development. Unfortunately, that likely also means that Motorola’s investment in UIQ is a red-stain on Moto’s balance sheet. [Via: Reuters] Related News from IntoMobile: Mobile handset ...