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Miles Flint emphasised the industry's need for a strong independent
cross-vendor open user interface platform for business and multimedia
feature phones and said "By licensing UIQ, handset vendors will be able
to share development costs and create a unified market for third party
developers resulting in both a richer media and mobile internet
experience for consumers".
Sony Ericsson is already a licensee of UIQ and has shipped a number
of phones based on Symbian OS and UIQ such as the P990 business-centric
smartphone and the high-end Walkman W950 with 4GB of onboard storage.
Per Aspemar, Head of Strategy at Sony Ericsson, explained "UIQ
Technology is already set up as an independent company and prepared for
multiple owners through a holding company. Sony Ericsson has gained
valuable experience through its ownership and involvement with Symbian,
and believes it has the ability to set UIQ Technology up so that it
offers an attractive alternative for a wide variety of phone vendors
looking for an independent open user interface platform."
Johan Sandberg, CEO of UIQ Technology, is very encouraged by Sony
Ericsson's intention to keep UIQ both phone vendor and chipset
independent. "UIQ offers a truly personal and rich user experience plus
fantastic flexibility for developers, operators and phone vendors as it
supports many form factors in one code base as has been illustrated by
UIQ products announced at 3GSM," explains Johan Sandberg. "It is easy
to port applications between S60 and UIQ on the Symbian platform making
it an appealing option for developers."
Sony Ericsson is in discussions with handset vendors regarding
expanding the future ownership of UIQ Technology but wanted to use the
opportunity of 3GSM in Barcelona to issue an open invitation to them.
Sony Ericsson expects to make further announcements about new
shareholders and licensees in the coming months.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications serves the global communications
market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and
PC-cards. Established as a joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in 2001,
with global corporate functions located in London, the company employs
over 7,500 people worldwide, including R&D sites in Europe, Japan,
China and America. Sony Ericsson celebrated the 5th anniversary of the
start of the joint venture on 1st October, 2006.
Sony Ericsson is the global title sponsor of the Women's Tennis
Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony
Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year.
For more information on Sony Ericsson, please visit www.sonyericsson.com
About UIQ Technology
UIQ Technology AB is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. UIQ Technology
creates and licenses the open software platform, UIQ, to leading mobile
phone manufacturers. The flexible and customizable user interface and
development platform is pre-integrated and tested with Symbian OS, the
leading industry standard operating system for mobile phones. www.uiq.com
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