Embedded Linux specialist Trolltech has claimed that Linux will soon be a major competitor to Symbian and Windows Mobile. Haavard Nord, the chief executive of Trolltech, which makes the Qtopia ...

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, ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Six companies— Motorola, NEC Corp., NTT Docomo, Inc., Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone Group— have announced they would collaborate to establish an open Linux ...

Linux software vendor Trolltech says 20 mobile phone and hand-held device manufacturers are working on products that use its version of the open-source platform. Trolltech said some 50 vendors are ...