MotoSmartphones - you're source of information about Motorola's range of UIQ based smartphones. http://www.motosmartphones.com 2008-07-27T10:14:59+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/images/M_images/rss.png text/html 2008-07-18T12:37:26+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/ferrari-theme-available-to-download.htm After months and months (sort) of searching, we've finally got hold of Motorola's Ferrari theme in an installable file for you all to enjoy. The theme can be downloaded from our Downloads Section (http://www.motosmartphones.com/downloads/task,doc_download/gid,27/). There's a screenshot below: text/html 2008-07-08T17:44:18+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/documents-to-go-v4-released---office-2007-file-editing-added.htm Dataviz have just let us know that they've released version 4 of Documents to Go for UIQ3 (http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/uiq/index.html%20%20). The big improvement in this version is full support for viewing and editing Office 2007 documents, something which was not previously available in Documents to Go. text/html 2008-07-01T13:17:32+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/motorola-are-still-supporting-uiq-development...-honest.htm Motorola, in the form of their development team MOTODEV, yesterday issued a press release confirming their continuing support for UIQ and (re)launching their UIQ development suite. Full details are below. text/html 2008-06-24T13:32:13+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/uiq-to-lay-off-200-staff.htm A report by BLT.se today indicates that UIQ intend to lay off 200 staff, in the wake of earlier anouncements of Nokia buying Symbian. Currently the majority of the 375 staff are employed in the Ronneby offices, with the balance of staff in two foreign offices in London and Budapest. These offices will probably close. Further details will be announced by UIQ this afternoon. text/html 2008-06-24T12:46:10+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/editorial-symbian-foundation-and-what-it-means-to-uiq.htm Today's anouncements of Nokia buying Symbian Ltd; the foundation of the Symbian Foundation; Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola NTT DOCOMO donating their existing technologies to the foundation; and the intention to create a single, unified OS / UI platform, which will then be open sourced and free to use, mark a significant change in the Symbian, S60 and UIQ ecosystems. What will this mean to for the future of UIQ and UIQ based phones, such as Motorola's Zine range? text/html 2008-06-24T09:28:24+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/nokia-buy-symbian---create-symbian-foundation.htm In possibly the largest shakeup of the Symbian world since it's formation 10 years ago, today Nokia has anounced that it intends to buy the remaining shares in Symbain Ltd. making Nokia sole owner of the company. Having done that, Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola and NTT Docomo will contribute S60, UIQ and MOAP technologies to the newly created Symbian Foundation, for royalty free use by existing and future Foundation members. text/html 2008-05-02T08:59:55+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/motorola-launches-z8m-handset-in-south-korea.htm Motorola have launched a new variant on their Z8 handset, the Z8m. From what we can tell, the phone is virtually identical to the Z8, apart from it's colours. The phone is initially available only in South Korea and the asian market. text/html 2008-04-15T13:49:46+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/z10-coming-to-a-shop-near-you-very-soon.htm We've just had it confirmed by one of our reliable sources (not the same one as about firmware updates) that the Z10 passed it's final shipping checks today and is now GO to ship to distributors and retailers. text/html 2008-03-19T17:27:46+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/news/motorola-cull-z8-development-team.htm In a move which has suprised many, Motorola have said they are looking to make up to 50% of their Birmingham UK based staff redundant. The Birmingham design centre is where the Moto Z8 and to a lesser extent the Moto Z10 12 have been developed. text/html 2008-03-11T12:10:56+01:00 http://www.motosmartphones.com http://www.motosmartphones.com/rumours/z10-sales-pack-info-leaked.htm Sources close to Motorola have let slip a few details about the sales pack for the upcoming Moto Z10 (http://www.motosmartphones.com/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=53 Itemid=57) handset, due out in the UK on O2 sometime towards the end of March or in April.