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Filed under: Software, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Symbian

As part of its coverage of the Symbian Smartphone Show going down right at this time in London, All About Symbian is reporting that Sony Ericsson’s Patrick Olson has declared UIQ “dead.” Seeing how SE has continuously been UIQ’s biggest proponent in the face of the much larger, much more influential S60, those are harsh, biting words that probably spell doom for the platform — especially in light of the recent layoffs and integration with the Symbian Foundation as they push toward a single, unified Symbian stack. For what it’s worth, there’s no indication that Moto has given up on it, having just recently released the UIQ-powered Z10, but since when can Moto singlehandedly save a platform — especially when they refuse to release the devices globally?

[Via GSMArena]

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Filed under: Software, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Symbian

As part of its coverage of the Symbian Smartphone Show going down right at this time in London, All About Symbian is reporting that Sony Ericsson’s Patrick Olson has declared UIQ “dead.” Seeing how SE has continuously been UIQ’s biggest proponent in the face of the much larger, much more influential S60, those are harsh, biting words that probably spell doom for the platform — especially in light of the recent layoffs and integration with the Symbian Foundation as they push toward a single, unified Symbian stack. For what it’s worth, there’s no indication that Moto has given up on it, having just recently released the UIQ-powered Z10, but since when can Moto singlehandedly save a platform — especially when they refuse to release the devices globally?

[Via GSMArena]

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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Samsung’s 8-megapixel beast is at this time ready for carrier-free consumption — but it’s plan to cost you an arm and a leg. Actually, it’ll probably cost you Bot. arms, at which point you’ll need to find a more creative (but still very worthwhile) technique for steadying that insane cam and navigating its S60 3.2-based interface. Just how much are we talking in this place? Well, for reference, you can nab the INNOV8 for as little as zilch on Orange, but Expansys’ UK outlet at this time has the little badasses in stock for £534.99 (which is basically a grand in US currency, give or take). Extreme, yes — but that strike against your credit limit’s plan to buy you 7.2Mbps HSDPA, GPS, and the envy of an N96 owner or two, so it might be worth the bankruptcy proceedings after all.

[Via IntoMobile]

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