It has to be one of the most surprising news these days: The Big 5 coorporate.
Nokia today announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own and then contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Symbian Foundation. Sony Ericsson and Motorola will contribute technology from UIQ, DOCOMO has also indicated its willingness to contribute its MOAP(S) assets. From these contributions, the Foundation will provide a unified platform with common UI framework. A full platform will be available for all Foundation members under a royalty-free license, from the Foundation’s first day of operations.
The annual membership fee is a bargain of 1.500$.
Plans are to get the thing rollin’ on the first half of 2009 with an expected complete framework in 2010.
Make sure you tune in to the live webcast here at 11:00 GMT.
While waiting, have a further look at the press release here and the Symbian Foundation website with the whitepaper here.
Filed under: Announcement, Corporative, Future, Operating platform, UIQ
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It’s limited. It’s expensive. And boy, it does look sooooooo good.
Volkswagen Germany sells a limited edition of the W890i that suits the new Scirocco.
The white edition features some bonus content that is:
- customized Scirocco wallpapers, animations & theme.
- a JAVA racing game from Mission Scirocco
You also get a Scirocco silhouette sticker on the bottom of the front that is, and that is the most special, white.
The W890i Scirocco Limited Edition is available at the German Volkswagen Accessoires Shop
for a not-that-limited price of 469€ (which means about 375£ / 725$).
Filed under: New colour, W series
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It has been on the market since this Monday: The new touch-and-go UIQ3 smart phone G900, a powerful package of WLAN, 5MP camera with Auto- & Touch-Focus as well as a photo light and a 2.4″ touch screen combined with a regular keypad to bring UIQ to the mass market.
The G900 you can see here is my little precious since Tuesday and it does great so far. The Dark Brown colour really suites it well. The QVGA display is bright and clear and a breeze to handle. I won’t give that much away for now as we’ll post an in-depth review of the G900, once Sony Ericsson sends us the review phone.
I’ll leave you with impressions of the new menu icons, the media menu and the new panels standby.
The G900 is available nearly everywhere now, pricing is set around £275 / 350 € / $525.
Filed under: G series, Preview, UIQ, Upcoming
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Sony Ericsson is one of the official partners of the Transsyberia Rally 2008. Sony Ericsson will be sending out its C702 Cyber-shot phone on the over 4,300-mile long rally from Russia through Siberia into Mongolia.
During this long rally, the rally teams will be blogging from the C702, and every photo they take of the event will be geo-tagged immediately for the world to follow. Apart from that, the C702 is dust and water splash resistant, making it ideal for an event like this.
You can read more about the Transsyberia Rally 2008 at the official website.
Filed under: C series, Camera, Campaign, Cyber-shot
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One patent surfaced during the last week.
The patent is about a “portable electronic device with multiple input interfaces”. You’ll find pics & the abstract after the jump. Continue reading “New Sony Ericsson Patent”
Filed under: Future, Patent, Technology
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