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Verizon has joined the Linux Mobile Foundation and has announced plans to ship phones with the open source operating system next year. Read More...

Mobile operators like AT&T, T-Mobile, and Vodafone have joined the BONDI initiative supported by the Open Mobile Terminal Platform. Through BONDI, they hope to establish specifications and even offer reference implementations for security standards when developing mobile websites.Read More...

The Linux Foundation has released the results of a study that it conducted in order to estimate the financial value of the Linux platform. They say that the kernel is worth $1.4 billion, and the broader platform is worth $10.8 billion.Read More...

OpenMoko has issued a very early alpha release of its software platform which has been radically reinvented in a quest to bring more speed and power to open source handsets. It now uses Enlightenment e17 and Trolltech's Qtopia mobile environment.Read More...

OpenMoko has announced new distribution deals with hardware vendors. The agreements will make the Linux-based Freerunner mobile phone available to consumers in Europe and India.Read More...

OpenMoko has announced that the Linux-based FreeRunner mobile phone will be available for purchase on July 4. Despite lack of support for 3G, the FreeRunner will likely appeal to Linux enthusiasts and open source software developers.Read More...

Google is now one step closer to world domination (evil laughter). Lead by Google, the Open Handset Alliance consists of 34 mobile phone companies that all pitched in on the development of the OS. Dubbed “Android”, the new mobile OS is set to take on Symbian OS, and Windows Mobile "Photon", which is scheduled for release in 2008. The press release noted that a software development kit will be released next week to allow software developers to create applications for the platform.

The growing popularity of small form-factor low-cost mobile computing devices has created a huge opportunity for Linux to gain mainstream traction with regular consumers, but hardware makers that are adopting the open source platform are encountering some challenges.Read More...

A the recent LinuxWord conference, Ars got the chance to test drive a mobile Linux platform that has developers talking: the ACCESS Linux Platform. We also spent some quality time with the SDK, and had a chat with the folks at ACCESS.Read More...