The tech giant will begin selling its first cell phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit--a sign of the growing popularity of the operating system. Stephen Shankland ...

Judging from comments made at last week’s 3GSM World Congress (see below for Linux-related 3GSM stories), the future of Linux and other open source operating systems as a core cell phone platform are ...

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

Those who follow the development of Linux as an operating system for running mobile phones, voice-enabled PDAs and other communications gadgets should keep an eye on LiPS. The Linux Phone ...

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 ...

Thanks to its stature in the enterprise server arena, Linux has emerged as the OS dark horse in the race to gain market share on cell phones. A small set of vendors is backing open source to challenge ...

I’ve written many articles on Linux and Degoogled Phones, most of them in a positive light. I’ve mentioned many times within some of those articles that nothing is bulletproof, 100% secure, and ...

With Linux on the desktop still a hotly debated topic, can you imagine Linux on the cell phone? Actually, you are probably more likely to have it on your cell phone before you see it on your desk. I ...

HELSINKI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - One of the largest mobile operators in the world, Telefonica , joined wireless Linux foundation LiMo on Monday and committed with five other major operators to sell phones ...