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Originally Posted by dochall
If any of the Symbian OEM's choose to produce a quartz device then things may get more interesting. We saw a couple of years ago an interesting Quartz concept from Ericsson but it certainly doesn't appear to have got any closer to market. The P800 is another Pearl device.
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I don't think you'reuptodate. The P800 is a UIQ or thin Quartz device. Pearl has effectively been replaced by Series 60 (same scale). The P800 will compete with the PPC and Palm, and first indicatiosn are that it will perform very well - its no known as the Palm Killer for nothing you know.
Quartz and Pearl are odl category names that don't really apply anymore. They were UI's and UI's are more manufacturer specific. We know about Series 60 and UIQ which are roughly equiavalent to Quartz / Crystal. But there are further UI's on the way.
What most people fail to realise is that Symbian will win the smartphone market, mcuh as ms looks set to win the palm like pda market. The smartphone is a much bigger market (see the figures) and ms wants in.