In a sad turn of events, developer teknolog of the Bergamot Project (who's created the podcast app Escarpod for UIQ 3) has announced that he will be redirecting his efforts for the Symbian platform and not exclusively for UIQ. The following statement was posted on his website:
As of July 2008, it is clear that UIQ will not be a significant platform in the future, and has been all but abandoned by handset makers. Following this, I am considering moving the Bergamot Project over to the S60 platform, which will become the basis of the future Symbian Platform. This would include an S60 port of Escarpod.
Escarpod for UIQ will still be kept updated for the near future, but we will not start any new UIQ projects within the Bergamot project.
It's sad that the UIQ platform has now come to this - with major open source developers fleeing to develop on a differing platform...
It's a shame. But I fully understand the decision!
Well, if I understand correctly, Nokia wants to use UIQ as their own touchscreen platform.... That would mean continued development if new phones come out with it.