The Digital Void of SPZ

Yep, Sony Ericsson has now 100% taken over UIQ pending EU bureaucracy and paperwork to go through. As for how this affects the way UIQ currently operates:

Following completion of the acquisition, UIQ Technology will operate as a separate business subsidiary of Sony Ericsson under its current management team. UIQ on Symbian OS will continue to be openly available, licensed on equal terms to all its licensees.

In other words UIQ will still be openly available and most likely continue to operate with current staff (most likely with additions) from their current location in Rönneby, Sweden.

“UIQ offers excellent technical flexibility enabling us to provide compelling features such as push email, internet browsing, end user personalization, and enhanced music applications” explains Mats Lindoff, Chief Technology Officer at Sony Ericsson. “By acquiring UIQ Technology we will further invest and exploit the full potential of UIQ on Symbian OS for phone vendors, mobile operators, developers and consumers.”

The internet browsing bit is of course our job here at Opera