Linux already has a significant presence in the mobile device market, such as PDAs, smart phones and on basic entry-level phones from vendors like Motorola.

In smart phones, IDC's Slawsby believes Linux won't be a mainstream technology, but Motorola's embrace of Linux is giving the operating system a boost. "Linux-Java has been pushed by no-name ...

The Linux Phone Standardization Forum (LiPS), which will debut later this month, is a consortium of cell phone and handheld vendors including France Télécom, Motorola, PalmSource and Trolltech.

Ubuntu has arrived on mobile phones, offering an alternative and light OS for smartphones everywhere. The announcement by parent company Canonical makes phones the third device type on which the ...

Japanese cell phone service provider NTT DoCoMo urges its handset suppliers to build Linux-based cell phones, a milestone for the operating system's acceptance by the wireless industry.

Now MontaVista, a Linux embedded-kernel provider, has joined the Linux cell phone club, inking an agreement in late September with middleware software company Openwave Systems to port Openwave ...

Cell phones are a new foray for the Linux operating system, which has found its initial stronghold inside servers, powerful networked computers. Companies including MontaVista Software, TimeSys ...

Its Linux push on phones also fits into an overall strategy for many kinds of communication and entertainment products, he said. For example, most of Motorola’s TV set-top boxes run on Linux.

It’s tri-band with Mini-SD slot and standard goodies. Motorola Adds New Linux Phones: A910 with WiFi, A728, and A732 [ Linux Motorola Smartphones ...

Work on the use of Linux in cellular phones started in the final quarter of 2002, said Akiko Shikimori, a spokeswoman for Tokyo-based NEC. The company is looking to use the operating system in ...

The upcoming Ubuntu phones will be available through bq, Meizu, and Ubuntu.com. In the meantime, they’ll be on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week.