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Friday, November 10, 2006
The possible effects of Sony Ericsson's UIQ acquisition
Michael Mace at Mobile Opportunity discusses the effects of Sony Ericsson's acquisition of UIQ. My personal spin on this is that it won't have much effect outside of Sony Ericsson: SEMC has simply secured UIQ's existence and hence availability. Increasingly risky is though that Nokia very much controls Symbian, and hence can affect Sony Ericsson as well, despite the UIQ deal.
Of course UIQ is only used in a very small range of Sony Ericsson phones, namely the P and M series phones, and some W series phones. The M series shows promise to be the future form factor for SEMC UIQ-based business phones, and hence can reach a broader audience than the early-adopter feel of the P series.
I left a comment to the post stating that in the hunt for a common application platform we must not forget about Java ME / MIDP, that already is the most popular mobile application platform (both deployment-wise and application-wise), despite its problems.
Mobile Opportunity: Symbian unloads UIQ, and the mobile apps situation gets clearer -- and uglier
Of course UIQ is only used in a very small range of Sony Ericsson phones, namely the P and M series phones, and some W series phones. The M series shows promise to be the future form factor for SEMC UIQ-based business phones, and hence can reach a broader audience than the early-adopter feel of the P series.
I left a comment to the post stating that in the hunt for a common application platform we must not forget about Java ME / MIDP, that already is the most popular mobile application platform (both deployment-wise and application-wise), despite its problems.
Mobile Opportunity: Symbian unloads UIQ, and the mobile apps situation gets clearer -- and uglier
