Very few people lie awake at night fretting over their choice of mobile operating system. In fact, very few people even know what operating system their handset uses. Yet, despite this (probably ...

Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing? Very few people lie awake at night ...

In another indication of the momentum behind the idea of Linux on mobile phones but also of the fragmentation that plagues the segment, a startup company on Monday announced an open Linux mobile ...

North Americans and Europeans may not realize it yet, but Linux for mobile phones is hot. Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic and Samsung all offer Linux OS phones, mainly in Asia. Late last ...

The attempted standardization of mobile Linux has been put on hold indefinitely, after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it is to merge with the Linux Mobile Foundation. The merger, announced ...

Over the past five years, the diffusion and adaptation of Linux into mobile operating systems (OSes) has grown to 60 million units per year, with various mobile phone vendors, such as Motorola, NEC, ...

In a move aimed at consolidating their efforts to support Linux use on mobile phones, the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum is merging into the LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation. The two groups — ...

BARCELONA, Spain--Access, the company that supplies the mobile platform formally known as Palm OS, has released product development kits for licensees, as well as a global partner program, in an ...

Open-source and Linux developers are gathering in Portland, Oregon, this week to show off their work, compare notes, and hone their skills. Google, Intel, Sun, Yahoo, and even Microsoft have come to ...

The mobile world has been good to Linux, whose Android derivative has enjoyed a success that few could have predicted just a few short years ago. And indeed, until very recently, Android was Linux’s ...

A group of mobile phone companies including Vodafone, DoCoMo, Motorola, Samsung NEC, and Panasonic, have announced plans to collaboratively develop an open, Linux-based operating system for mobile ...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — After launching two of the world’s first Linux smart phones, China’s E28 Ltd. is now offering handset manufacturers the opportunity to license its software and hardware designs ...