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Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta with Widgets Now Available
Oct 20, 2008, 7:35 AM
Today Opera Software announced that a beta version of Opera Mobile 9.5 is available for the Windows Mobile and UIQ platforms. The beta supports Opera's widgets. This means that ...   read

UIQ Gets A Touch Browser of Its Own
Jun 9, 2008, 9:14 AM
Digia recently announced a touch-based web browser specifically for mobile phones that use the UIQ platform. Called Digia @Web, the browser is based on the S60 open-source WebKit engine. ...   read

UIQ Puts Staff On Notice for Dismissal, May Close Shop
Nov 10, 2008, 9:16 AM
In the wake of Nokia's outright purchase of Symbian and the formation of the Symbian Foundation, it has left other Symbian-based organizations, such as UIQ, in limbo. UIQ's board ...   read

UIQ Platform Updated
Feb 27, 2003, 12:25 PM
UIQ Technology recently unveiled version 2.1 of its UIQ user interface platform for Symbian OS 7.0. UIQ 2.1 includes an integrated telephony application. Other new features and enhancements include ...   read

Symbian Updates OS For Faster Data, Cheaper Phones
Jul 12, 2006, 4:52 PM
Symbian today announced version 9.3 of the operating system that powers the majority of smartphones around the world. Symbian is the core that both S60 and UIQ run on. ...   read

Sony Ericsson Buys UIQ From Symbian
Nov 7, 2006, 12:42 PM
Sony Ericsson today announced it has reached a deal to buy UIQ, the Symbian-based interface that powers its smartphones. It is likely other members of the Symbian consortium pushed ...   read

Bolt Browser Pledges Widget Support in Version 1.7
Feb 3, 2010, 9:18 AM
Today Bitstream announced that version 1.7 of its Bolt mobile browser will add the ability to run widgets. According to Bitstream, the widgets will be installed directly into the ...   read

Opera SDK Powers Widgets
May 21, 2008, 8:35 AM
Opera Software announced the Opera Widgets SDK, which will allow for the creation of cross device and cross platform applications that use standard web technologies. This means developers can ...   read

Motorola Buys Into UIQ
Oct 15, 2007, 11:07 AM
Motorola has agreed to acquire 50 percent of Sony Ericsson's ownership of UI Holdings, which owns UIQ. The companies will share joint ownership of UI Holdings, and will work ...   read

RIM Offers Devs Widget SDK for BlackBerry Platform
Oct 6, 2009, 3:34 AM
Research In Motion recently made a software development kit (SDK) available to developers of the BlackBerry platform. This new SDK will, in particular, allow those developers to more easily ...   read

Nokia Opens S60 Widgets to Developers
Apr 16, 2007, 8:41 AM
Nokia announced today that it is including widget support in S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. Greater support for widgets via Web Run-Time means users will eventually be able ...   read

First Smartphone Announced with UIQ 3
Oct 10, 2005, 9:05 AM
Sony Ericsson today announced the P990, the company's new flagship device and the first smartphone to use Symbian OS v9.1 and the new UIQ 3 software platform. The new ...   read

Opera Announces Browser for Windows Mobile
Aug 31, 2004, 2:27 PM
Opera Software today announced a version of its Opera Browser for Windows Mobile Smartphones. Opera Browser includes Small-Screen Rendering (SSR) technology, which enables users to browse regular Web pages ...   read

Forum Nokia Makes It Easier to Develop Widgets
Jul 3, 2008, 8:57 AM
Forum Nokia has created a new set of tools, including an SDK, for developers to create widgets that work with WidSets. WidSets is a widget hosting application that works ...   read

UIQ Files for Bankruptcy
Jan 5, 2009, 9:11 AM
UIQ's CEO Johan Sandberg told Reuters in a recent interview that the company has filed for bankruptcy. UIQ was jointly owned by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, and supplied a ...   read

Access Launches Widgets for Windows Mobile
Jul 3, 2008, 10:39 AM
Access has launched a beta site that provides widgets to users of Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. The NetFront Browser Widgets community site is a place ...   read

Nokia Launches First UIQ Handset
Oct 20, 2005, 3:13 PM
Nokia today launched their first handset based on UIQ - the only Symbian interface the company did not develop. The 6708 is a triband GSM/GPRS handset with a 208 ...   read

Arima Demos New UIQ Smartphone
Oct 4, 2004, 12:13 PM
Taiwanese manufacturer Arima Group will be demonstrating its new U300 smartphone this week at the Symbian Expo in London. The U300 is a tri-band GSM device based on Symbian's ...   read

Opera Updates Mobile Browser to 9.5
Feb 5, 2008, 8:54 AM
Today Opera Software announced the latest version of its full-fledged mobile browser. Opera Mobile 9.5 includes several enhancements, including faster browsing speeds and support for more Web technologies such ...   read