NexPhone wants one handset to cover Android, Debian Linux, and a Windows 11 cloud PC workflow. The idea hinges on docking, but the Windows service details still aren’t pinned down.

An expandable tablet, and a phone that reboots into desktop Windows For most mobile devices, the OS is either Android or iOS, ...

Judging from comments made at last week’s 3GSM World Congress (see below for Linux-related 3GSM stories), the future of Linux and other open source operating systems as a core cell phone platform are ...

Thanks to its stature in the enterprise server arena, Linux has emerged as the OS dark horse in the race to gain market share on cell phones. A small set of vendors is backing open source to challenge ...

NexDock announces NexPhone, a rugged smartphone running Windows 11, Android, and Linux, priced at $549 and launching in 2026.

Early last month, Canonical announced its foray into the smartphone market with the Ubuntu Phone. Offering an alternative to iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Symbian if you swing that way, ...

Over the last few years, Google and Android have increasingly dominated the mobile scene, with Microsoft relegated to bit-player status. Once-massive players like BlackBerry scarcely stir a ripple in ...

What makes a cell phone smart? In Motorola’s case, it’s Linux. The mobile handset giant recently introduced its A768 model – a Linux-based phone that talks the talk, sends the e-mail, and also reads ...