Wondering what will happen to UIQ and the currently shipping licensee phones? There has been an interview and forum posts (here and here) explaining a few things…

Sony Ericsson will continue to ship UIQ phones for quite some time, with the G700 and G900 expected to achieve good volumes
Motorola has publicly said it will also continue […]

It seems that LiPS is folding itself into LiMO.
I suppose the indications were there last February that something like this might happen. It’s a shame because I previously thought the LiPS specifications had some innovative solutions to platform fragmentation (See my previous posts below).

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There are some interesting comments around on the Symbian Foundation.
Michael Mace’s Symbian changes everything, and nothing has some excellent observations. Much in the same way Michael said Mobile Applications, RIP , he now says "UIQ is dead". Do I spot a theme here Michael?
More seriously, he asks "How does Nokia differentiate its software?". I […]

While it’s easy to speculate on why Nokia, Symbian and it’s shareholders have done this (my original Symbian 10 Years Old post three weeks ago gives some thoughts), I thought so many people will be talking about this that I’d instead talk more about what it probably means for developers and those considering the platform.
The […]

With all the buzz about Web runtimes, the new Sybase runtime, AOL open platform and Nokia/Trolltech/Qt it’s easy to assume that runtimes and frameworks reduce development fragmentation. However, if you look at history, it’s possible to see that runtimes can actually make the situation worse.
Take a few examples involving Windows Mobile and Nokia S60.
Windows Mobile. […]

Ever wondered who actually makes the iPhone (or some Nokia and Motorola phones for that matter)? While the big corporations get all the credit, other companies work diligently and secretly putting these phones together.
AppleInsider has tracked down the component and assembly suppliers for the new iPhone…
"The Chinese-language newspaper cited its own sources in saying […]

I regularly come across companies asking me if their application is possible to write in Java ME. It often comes as an afterthought but they usually also say,"…and across all devices". It’s this last thing that’s impossible to achieve and I usually explain that while it’s usually easy (and inexpensive) to support one phone type, […]