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Symbian Exchange & Exposition 2009

It's October again, which must mean it's the time of year for the annual Symbian Expo Smartphones Show Symbian Exchange & Exposition 2009. With it all kicking off in London's Earls Court, here's the latest news, rumours and down-right idiocities from the show floor.

UIQ files for bancruptcy

As reported by All About Symbian and others, UIQ has filed for bankruptcy. "There are no opportunities to create a new line of business in the current financial climate," UIQ Chief Executive Johan Sandberg told Reuters.

Remaining UIQ staff made redundant

In a move which has been fairly well expected since Sony Ericsson and Motorola killed off their future UIQ phones; all remaining UIQ staff have now effectively been made redundant, with Sony Ericsson only agreeing to fund the company on a month - by - month basis. Read on for the full article from All About Symbian...

Motorola dump UIQ - no more phones to be released

UPDATED: As originally reported by Mobile Phone Development blog, Motorola have dumped UIQ (and Java-Linux) and will not be producing any more UIQ based phones. Motorola will focus on Android, Windows Mobile, and own P2K platform for low-cost handsets. Will no longer support Symbian UIQ or own Java-Linux platform. Consolidation of platforms should reduce expenses on OS development."

SonyEricsson (sort of) announce their first S60 phone

In a "keep the developers thinking we care at all costs" move, SonyEricsson have just announced that their first Symbian Foundation based phone will be available in the second half of 2009 (Q3 2009). And the good news is you can develop for it now, using the, um, S60 SDK :-)

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