UIQ
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UIQ (formerly known as User Interface Quartz) by UIQ Technology is a software platform based upon Symbian OS. Essentially this is a graphical user interface layer that provides additional components to the core OS, to enable the development of feature-rich mobile phones that are open to expanded capabilities through third-party applications.
Native applications can be written in C++ using the Symbian/UIQ SDK. All UIQ-based phones (2.x and 3.x) also support Java applications.
Version 2.0 and 2.1 are pen-based and used in the following 2.5G and 3G smartphones: Nokia 6708, Motorola A920/A925/A1000/M1000, Sony Ericsson P800/P900/P910, BenQ P30/P31 and Arima U300/U308.
UIQ phones employ touch screens with a resolution of 208×320 pixels (UIQ 1.x & 2.x) and 240×320 (UIQ 3.x). Depending on the phone, the color depth is 12-bit (4096 colors), 16-bit (65536 colors), or 18-bit (262144 colors) on some newer phones.
UIQ 3.1 is the latest version of the platform and, in addition to the pen-based UI, will also support one handed operation and a number of significant enhancements.
For developers the significant items are:
- Single SDK model - developers targeting core UIQ features can use the UIQ SDK to target any UIQ 3 device. Extensions targeting specific device features (such as WiFi, etc) are available from phone manufacturers websites.
- Increased tools support - developers can use whichever tools they are familiar with (DevStudio, Eclipse, Carbide, CodeWarrior, NetBeans). Many of these tools are beginning to support extensive RAD features for both C++ and Java developers.
- High volume, mid-range devices are now possible, to significantly increase the potential customer base.
The first phone with UIQ 3.1 is Motorola's RIZR Z8.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- UIQ Technology
- UIQ Developer Portal
- My-Symbian - Symbian OS Community
- UIQ Blog @ i-Symbian.Com - A dedicated UIQ blog
- UIQ Review - exclusively dedicated to UIQ news and reviews
- SE-UIQ.com All about Sony Ericsson UIQ phone's
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