UIQ News

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."

This news effectively means the end of any hope of Motorola producing any more UIQ phones. Even phones (such as Texel and Ruby) which were in advanced stages of development will now no longer see the light of day. It also means we're unlikely to see any official firmware updates from Motorola for any of their existing UIQ phones. A sad day indeed!

Update: We've now received confirmation that this move has resulted in a large number of job losses and site closures. The list as we understand it at the moment is as follows:

Basingstoke (UK): 180 jobs going