Symbian subsidiary UIQ Technology goes for Opera
Press release; John McClure, DigiTimes.com [Monday 4 October 2004]
UIQ Technology, a fully owned subsidiary of Symbian and Opera Software, today announced that it has selected Opera to be the default browser in UIQ’s UIQ 3.0, the latest release of the UIQ Platform, which is expected to be commercially available in Q4 2004.
UIQ is a GUI for use in conjunction with the Symbian OS. Until now, UIQ handsets have been positioned for the high-end market, including pen-based, touchscreen devices such as Sony Ericsson’s P800, P900 and P910 smartphones, BenQ’s P30, Arima’s U300 and Motorola’s A920, A925 and A1000 phones – handsets that all include Opera either in the firmware or as an added-value item on the memory card. With the new UIQ 3.0, which includes Opera, UIQ Technology enables full interaction with the device using just one hand, opening up a wider market for UIQ-based devices.
Opera introduced its Small-Screen Rendering (SSR) technology in 2002, and it has since become one of the more popular third-party applications running under the Symbian OS. UIQ 3.0 will include Opera’s full Web browser, which enables full Internet access from desktop computers, together with support for WAP technology.
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