UIQRSS

Time for change

Time for change

In 2008, two relative newcomers finally made their mark in the handset space, jointly setting the scene for a major shift in the direction of the mobile operating system market in 2009.

UIQ files for bankruptcy

UIQ Technology, a mobile phone software company jointly owned by Motorola and Sony Ericsson, has filed for bankruptcy in a district court in Sweden. The outlook for UIQ, which focuses on developing an open user interface, has looked bleak ever since the Symbian Foundation was formed last year and Nokia, which now fully owns Symbian, [...]