05 January 2009

According To CEO Johan Sandberg
The UIQ Company Has Filed For Bankruptcy

According to the Esato's and Reuters articles, authored by Olav Hellesø-Knutsen and Michael Bathon, jointly owned by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, has filed for bankruptcy in a district court in Sweden on Wednesday.

For months they've been looking for what to do to try to survive and UIQ's decision to file for bankruptcy is not entirely a surprise and should have minimal affect on the UIQ users, at least in the short term.

"There are no opportunities to create a new line of business in the current financial climate," UIQ Chief Executive Johan Sandberg told Reuters.

I’ve already informed you that UIQ is less or more dead and that Sony Eriksson has started layoff around 200 employers from the UIQ department and will seek new business lines after its owners decided to merge its software with the Symbian and port the selected UIQ technologies to Nokia S60 to provide a royalty-free open platform!

1998
Spring: Ericsson Mobile Communications in Lund set up a development lab in Ronneby called Mobile Applications Lab. This was the embryo of UIQ Technology

1999
The company became part of Symbian Ltd

2002
The first UIQ phone, Sony Ericsson P800, was released

2003
Sony Ericsson P900 and Motorola A920 launched based on UIQ 2.1

2004
Motorola A925, Sony Ericsson P910, BenQ P30, Motorola A1000 reached the market.

2005
Motorola launched FOMA M1000

2006
Sony Ericsson W950, P990, M600 and W950 announced and launched

2007
Sony Ericsson completed the acquisition of UIQ Technology. Later, Motorola joins Sony Ericsson with equal ownership. 
UIQ 3.1 released
Motorola announced the Motorizr Z8 base on UIQ 3.1
Sony Ericsson P1 and W960 announced

2008
Motorola Moto Z10 announced
Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 announced.
UIQ 3.3 released