Embedded Linux specialist Trolltech has claimed that Linux will soon be a major competitor to Symbian and Windows Mobile. Haavard Nord, the chief executive of Trolltech, which makes the Qtopia ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

TOKYO — Six companies— Motorola, NEC Corp., NTT Docomo, Inc., Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone Group— have announced they would collaborate to establish an open Linux ...

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 ...

Android and iOS may be the mobile platforms today but there have always been attempts to push other horses into the race. Most of them used the Linux kernel just like Android but a few were more ...

Several cell phone makers and mobile operators plan to pull resources to develop a common Linux operating system for mobile devices. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

CORRECTION: The fourth paragraph of this story has been changed to clarify when the software first became available. A la Mobile Inc. is hoping to help fuel the supply of converged Wi-Fi and GSM ...

The Linux Phone Standards Forum has fully released its first mobile Linux standard, completing the half-specification it released in June While Google’s Linux mobile phone platform, Android, has been ...

PalmSource, France Telecom's Orange and several other companies plan on Monday to announce an effort to standardize aspects of Linux running on mobile phones. The Linux Phone Standard (Lips) Forum ...

Most people don’t think twice about the operating system that’s going to power their new PC — their minds have already been wired for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. Similarly, most people don’t think ...

A la Mobile Inc. is hoping to help fuel the supply of converged Wi-Fi and GSM (Global System for Mobile) phones with a new version of its Linux-based mobile phone software package. A la Mobile ...

The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum planned to release its first mobile phone specifications on Monday, in hopes of encouraging more applications for Linux phones. The specifications, which include ...