The Ubuntu operating system for smartphones is getting closer to release, with Canonical officials hinting the release will possibly come as early as later this year or sometime next year. Canonical ...

Huawei has successfully stimulated the long-slumping consumer electronics market. Besides securing the top spot in Chinese market smartphone sales in September, its self-developed HarmonyOS ecosystem ...

Google is not Android, and Android is not Google. Step forward, Murena, which leverages the open-source Android project to ...

Once only within reach for executives and the well-heeled, smart phones are now at the center of many road warriors’ lives. But their popularity has led to a problem: With so many smart phones ...

Japan's new law regulating the market dominance of smartphone operating system (OS) providers took effect Dec. 18, ...

Five operating systems--BlackBerry, Linux, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile, each with its strengths and weaknesses--account for most of the smartphone market. Apple's unveiling of the iPhone, ...

Canonical plans to expand its Ubuntu Linux distribution so it could be used on smartphones, tablets and other touch interface consumer electronics, said Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth. “Everyday ...

Microsoft will release a new mobile OS for enterprise handheld devices later this year, the company said Thursday. The Windows Embedded Handheld OS will come out later this year and be based on the ...