Stories about: Palmsource

MontaVista has released a smaller version of its embedded Linux platform and application developer kit to support real-time embedded devices and programs.

Two groups pushing mobile Linux are now working together to get more devices based on the open-source OS out into the world.

PalmSource has developed an open-source software library designed to help mobile-application developers create file systems based on the SQLite database.

Palm's plans for future products could be affected by delays in development of a new version of the Palm OS software, the company warned in a regulatory filing.

In another indication of the momentum behind the idea of Linux on mobile phones but also of the fragmentation that plagues the segment, a startup company on Monday announced an open Linux mobile smartphone platform.

A group of top mobile phone makers and operators are launching a foundation to create an open Linux-based software platform for mobile devices, they said on Thursday.

Access, the company that recently bought PalmSource, introduced the Access Linux Platform at 3GSM in Barcelona on Tuesday.

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.

Those who follow the development of Linux as an operating system for running mobile phones, voice-enabled PDAs and other communications gadgets should keep an eye on LiPS.

A group of companies including PalmSource and France Telecom plan to launch an initiative in mid-November to standardize the applications layer of Linux-based mobile devices, representatives involved in the project said. The group will be called the Linux Phone Standardization Forum (LiPS).

Motorola and PalmSource are among the companies that lined up behind a new initiative Monday that aims to promote the use of the Linux operating system on cell phones. The Mobile Linux Initiative was launched by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to tackle technical challenges and generally support the adoption of Linux on handheld devices.