Well folks, UIQ Fast Track is over. Before coming to the event, I thought I’ll be bored as hell, listening exclusively to the developers. I was so wrong. Yeah, I have spoke with many developers from companies around the world, but it was surprisingly nice experience — this is NOT to say that I have anything against developers, I was just concerned they would be to techy for me. They are quite opinionated and just like me (and I guess many of you folks) are eagerly watching the industry and are trying to get their share of the action on all possible platforms.
Before the show Dario Soltani from Symply Symbian contacted me to hang around during the show. He’s a great guy and we had a fun time commenting and talking with the people from different companies.
Got the best Walkman phone!
Yap, I’ve scored the Sony Ericsson W960i. I’m still not sure whether I’ll be able to keep it, but I’m looking forward to test it in the coming days and weeks. Naturally, unboxing is the first thing I’m going to record. So stay tuned for that and some real-life experience, as I intend to use the phone as my primary device.
Sébastien the man
I should also mention UIQ’s PR man – Sébastien Peirone. I’ve met him for the first time during the 3GSM in Barcelona, when we sat near fountain commenting Spanish girls…
He managed to get me in the Fast Track and was always there, not just for me, but for all of the attendees. He’s a great guy to hang out with, even though he refused to drink the fine Hungarian wine in the after hours. 🙂
Keep up the great work man!
Next stop – U.S.A.
That’s not actually my next stop, but the next stop for UIQ Technology. As I’ve already wrote before, they will be establishing the representation office to support Motorola’s efforts. This may translates into U.S. mobile phone users having an opportunity to try out great UIQ-based devices, among first the Z8 and (hopefully soon) the Z10. Plus, it may also speed-up the development of the upcoming UIQ 3.2 and then UIQ 4.0.
And, the podcast is coming…
Dario and I had a chance to catch Nanesh from UIQ — the guy whom I’ve already interviewed — and created a podcast with him. In addition, two of us along with Per Ola Saether from Norwey-based mBricks AS ranted about the overall state of the mobile industry. The audio is still in pre-production phase, but it’s coming sooner rather than later. Stay tuned…