The Sailfish OS has a long history: it's a remote descendant of the Maemo OS from the Nokia 770 internet tablet, which came ...

The company announced it is acquiring China MobileSoft Limited (CMS), which has been developing a version of the Linux operating system for mobile devices. In a statement, PalmSource said the ...

Last December, PalmSource announced it had acquired mobile Linux vendor China MobileSoft and planned to use the company's technology to migrate its Palm OS to a Linux kernel. In the months following ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s mobile chief dressed down Linux phones at CES and now the Linux Foundation is firing back. What’s at stake? Control of the future smartphone market. Microsoft mobile chief Robbie Bach may ...

MontaVista's Mobilinux 5.0 includes improved security, better power management, support for various types of connectivity, and faster startup times MontaVista Software planned to announce on Wednesday ...

MontaVista Software plans to announce on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based mobile phone operating system, expected to be available in November. MontaVista’s Mobilinux 5.0 includes a ...

Android and iOS may dominate the smartphone space, but Finnish-based Jolla has been driving development of a Linux-based mobile operating system called Sailfish OS for well over a decade, picking up ...

Verizon Wireless today declared Linux as its mobile operating system of choice and said it would introduce Linux-based phones developed through the LiMo Foundation in the U.S. in 2009. Kyle Malady, ...

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 ...