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Cooperation with Nokia does not pay off: UIQ goes bankrupt

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:16 am    Post subject: Cooperation with Nokia does not pay off: UIQ goes bankrupt Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nokia don't own UIQ. UIQ is infact a competitor to Nokia's S60. For short, there was fragmentation in Symbian land. But now these Major Phone manufacturers decide to unify and open-source Symbian which will turn it into Symbian Foundation. See? It will make Symbian more favorable contrary to your statement.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds to me like those nice folks at UIQ needed to grow a pair and be competitive in this market.

Nowhere in your article do you link UIQ's failure with their use of Symbian. What is the causal chain here? Couldn't UIQ have just as easily failed using WM or Android? Confused Your article appears to be a bunch of unsupported axe-grinding.
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