(IDG) -- Over the past few years, advocates of the Linux operating system have mounted several failed offensives to try and conquer the desktop, but at the same time a less visible battle has been ...

The Mitac Cat PDA, a handheld computer powered by the Linux operating system, will go into mass production with a view to selling on the Taiwanese consumer market in the next three months, the company ...

Asia’s PDA markets have long been dominated by local players that have developed their own proprietary operating systems, with support for local languages serving as one of their strongest selling ...

There was some recent good news for Linux PDA enthusiasts eager to get Sharp’s Zaurus into their corporate networks. Sharp recently announced a version of its Linux-based handheld aimed at the ...

Foreword: This article is the sixth in a LinuxDevices.com series on Exploring Linux PDA Alternatives by Jerry Epplin that explores the history, status, alternative architectures, and future ...

Are physical keyboards for mobile devices making a comeback? TCL and BlackBery just launched a new phone with a QWERTY keyboard. A keyboard module for the Moto Z smartphone is generating some buzz.

Linux is finding another inroad into the computing world besides PCs and servers. In a market report on handheld computers due out by the end of the month from research firm IDC, analysts will be ...

(IDG) -- Linux is making inroads into the PDA market with a number of handheld companies announcing support for the open source operating system. Lineo, which supplies the operating environment for a ...

It looks like Motorola is making another non-RAZR, which in itself is exciting news. The E690 is a PDA/phone that runs on Linux, yes, Linux. It has standard PDA touchscreen and writing functions, as ...

Sharp has been making PDAs for years. Heck, my first handheld was a Sharp Wizard in the early ’90s. Recently, Sharp has nixed jumping on the Palm or Pocket PC bandwagons — opting for their own, ...

So I'm familiar with linux (and to a lesser extent BSD) in the server role, havetoyeed with it as a desktop OS, but backed away, but now am looking at it from the PDA perspective.<BR><BR>I read. A lot ...