The rumor mill has been spinning in the UIQ department; here are the latest leaks. As always, these are not confirmed by officials of the relevant companies – take them with a grain of salt:
Motorola plans last-stand UIQ phone
The Boy Genius Report claims that Motorola will debut a “last stand” cell phone powered by UIQ in Q4 2008. As of now, little more is known about the machine – except that Motorola will sell off its cellphone division if this device tanks…
Sony Ericsson may not bring BeiBei/Paris to Europe/USA
The Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog claims that the Paris and BeiBei UIQ boxen(sister devices to the Gx00 boxen handled at the CeBit) will not hit America and Europe. However, it is possible that they may drop in Asia.
Should the scenario outlined above become true, it IMHO is time to abandon the UIQ ship ASAP. Sony did something similar when killing off its Clie organizers(the last Clie was Asia-only); and there is no UIQ licensee left once SE has jumped ship…
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