Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced today it is selling a 50 percent stake in its wholly-owned subsidiary UIQ to rival phone maker Motorola for an undisclosed amount. Both Sony Ericsson and Motorola have licensed UIQ’s interface and smartphone platforms for many years; under the new arrangement, Sony Ericsson and Motorola will both increase their support for the UIQ developer program and development of the UIQ open user interface platform.
Sony Ericsson just bought UIQ from Symbian in February of this year.
