Linux may have taken another step towards mobile ubiquity with a new initiative from Trolltech called Greensuite. Following the release earlier this year of its fully programmable Linux handset, the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The co-founder of one of the most popular mobile Linux platforms has predicted a "revolution" in the use of open-source software on phones and handheld devices. Trolltech's Eirik Chambe-Eng told ...

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 ...

Mobile devices are increasingly working their way into our everyday lives, and market research suggests that the operating systems driving these devices are often Linux-based. Technology research firm ...

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, ...

Linux will dominate mobile devices by 2015. That’s according to a new report from technology analyst ABI Research. The report, title “Linux For Mobile Devices”, predicts that growth of Linux-based ...

Linux is set to make a major impact in the mobile computing realm, the executive director of the Linux Foundation stressed at a conference Monday morning. Speaking at the Open Mobile Exchange portion ...

The free operation system Linux is gaining more support in the mobile handset industry. Entities like the LiMo Foundation and the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum met recently at the Linux World ...

Linux is on course to become the most important operating system for next generation mobile handsets. This is the view of the LiMo Foundation, a industry group behind the most successful Linux mobile ...