<s>
UIQ	B-Language
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
User	B-Language
Interface	I-Language
Quartz	I-Language
)	O
was	O
a	O
software	B-Device
platform	I-Device
based	O
upon	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
created	O
by	O
UIQ	B-Language
Technology	O
AB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
layer	O
that	O
provides	O
additional	O
components	O
to	O
the	O
core	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
feature-rich	B-Architecture
mobile	O
phones	O
that	O
are	O
open	O
to	O
expanded	O
capabilities	O
through	O
third-party	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UIQ	B-Language
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
'	O
Quartz	O
 '	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
pen	O
PDAs	B-Application
that	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
provisional	O
interfaces	O
that	O
were	O
designed	O
by	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
three	O
Quartz	O
phones	O
never	O
made	O
it	O
to	O
market	O
,	O
including	O
Psion	B-Application
's	O
"	O
Odin	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
joint	O
venture	O
with	O
Motorola	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
January	O
2001	O
,	O
causing	O
Psion	B-Application
's	O
shares	O
to	O
deteriorate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engineers	O
thereafter	O
created	O
a	O
lighter	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
which	O
was	O
presented	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
shipped	O
that	O
year	O
with	O
Sony	B-Language
Ericsson	I-Language
P800	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
OEM	O
using	O
the	O
UIQ	B-Language
platform	O
in	O
its	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motorola	O
also	O
developed	O
some	O
products	O
using	O
UIQ	B-Language
,	O
but	O
abandoned	O
the	O
platform	O
in	O
2004	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
stake	O
in	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Motorola	O
returned	O
to	O
UIQ	B-Language
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Motorola	O
RIZR	O
Z8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
using	O
the	O
competing	O
Series	B-Language
60	I-Language
(	O
later	O
S60	B-Language
)	O
platform	O
,	O
created	O
one	O
UIQ	B-Language
device	O
called	O
Nokia	O
6708	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
rebadged	O
BenQ	O
P31	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
Asia-Pacific	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
bought	O
UIQ	B-Language
Technology	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
Motorola	O
bought	O
half	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
and	O
its	O
favouring	O
of	O
S60	B-Language
as	O
their	O
user	O
interface	O
of	O
choice	O
,	O
UIQ	B-Language
's	O
future	O
was	O
uncertain	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
develop	O
the	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Motorola	O
UIQ	B-Language
devices	O
planned	O
for	O
2009	O
were	O
cancelled	O
,	O
including	O
Motorola	B-Language
Razr3	I-Language
,	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Ruby	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UIQ	B-Language
Technology	O
filed	O
for	O
bankruptcy	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
which	O
effectively	O
ended	O
the	O
UIQ	B-Language
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
moved	O
on	O
to	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
,	O
whilst	O
Motorola	O
adopted	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UIQ	B-Language
3.3	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
based	O
upon	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
v9.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
that	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
UIQ	B-Language
3.x	O
platform	O
had	O
a	O
much	O
better	O
story	O
than	O
with	O
previous	O
releases	O
,	O
since	O
all	O
UIQ	B-Language
3.x	O
phones	O
were	O
served	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
,	O
core	O
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	B-Language
applications	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
using	O
the	O
Symbian/UIQ	O
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
UIQ-based	O
phones	O
(	O
2.x	O
and	O
3.x	O
)	O
also	O
support	O
Java	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UIQ	B-Language
phones	O
employ	O
touch	O
screens	O
with	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
208×320	O
pixels	O
(	O
UIQ	B-Language
1.x	O
&	O
2.x	O
)	O
and	O
240×320	O
(	O
UIQ	B-Language
3.x	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single	O
SDK	B-Application
model	O
-	O
developers	O
targeting	O
core	O
UIQ	B-Language
features	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
UIQ	B-Language
SDK	B-Application
to	O
target	O
any	O
UIQ	B-Language
3	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Increased	O
tools	O
support	O
-	O
developers	O
can	O
use	O
whichever	O
tools	O
they	O
are	O
familiar	O
with	O
(	O
DevStudio	O
,	O
Eclipse	B-Application
,	O
Carbide	B-Language
,	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBeans	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
tools	O
are	O
beginning	O
to	O
support	O
extensive	O
RAD	O
features	O
for	O
both	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
Basic	O
programmers	O
can	O
use	O
NS	B-Device
Basic/Symbian	I-Device
OS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
is	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
that	O
have	O
been	O
announced/confirmed	O
as	O
running	O
the	O
newer	O
UIQ	B-Language
3.x	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
UIQ	B-Language
v2.0-based	O
phone	O
was	O
Sony	B-Language
Ericsson	I-Language
P800	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
phone	O
to	O
use	O
UIQ	B-Language
3	O
was	O
Sony	B-Operating_System
Ericsson	I-Operating_System
P990	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
phone	O
with	O
UIQ	B-Language
3.1	O
was	O
Motorola	O
RIZR	O
Z8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
phone	O
with	O
UIQ	B-Language
3.2	O
was	O
Motorola	O
RIZR	O
Z10	O
.	O
</s>
