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 ...

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 ...

The company behind the Furi Labs FLX1S Linux smartphone is expanding into the enterprise space. The new Void Phone VX1 is basically a rebranded FLX1S that comes with a few bonus features made for ...

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, ...

Most modern smartphones ship with Android or iOS, but there’s also a small, but growing number of phones designed to run Linux-based operating systems. And it’s likely that no phone has been more ...

Ubuntu is now a full-fledged smartphone operating system, featuring a host of platform-specific features and an innovative new interface, Canonical announced today. EARLIER: Rumors swirl as Ubuntu ...

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Is the world ready for another Linux phone? Canonical shows off a version of Ubuntu on smartphones at CES 2013. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, with occasional ...

A group of companies launched the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum on Monday. It’s the newest effort to create standards aimed at fostering the use of Linux on mobile devices. The goal of the LiPS ...