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In honor of the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) this week in San Jose, Freescale Semiconductor has embedded itself with a trio of software companies – Enea Systems, Green Hills Software …

A group of Linux proponents announced today they have formed a new standards group aimed at promoting Linux software for mobile phones. “One of the key goals of the Linux …

Wireless developers really do own the short end of the stick. Whereas Microsoft Corp.’s Windows system largely dominates the computer industry, there is no such unifying platform in wireless. Developers …

Rumors continue to circulate that Palm Inc. will build a version of its Treo smart phone using Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile platform, spurning its longtime support for Palm operating-system vendor …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced it teamed with Linux vendor MontaVista Software. Under the new partnership, MontaVista will join PalmSource’s Palm OS promotional organization, while PalmSource will sign …

Wireless content and technology provider Motricity Inc. has put some of it investment capital to work, acquiring mobile virtual community builder M7 Networks Inc. Terms of the deal were not …

Nokia Corp. introduced a new Internet-browsing device that represents a new market for the world’s largest handset vendor as well as an entirely new software strategy. Nokia’s new personal digital …

MontaVista Software Inc. today released a version of its Linux platform built specifically for mobile phones. The new offering is also designed for the mid-range handset market-devices that comprise the …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it invested in two Chinese wireless software companies in an effort to tap into the massive potential of the Chinese market. DoCoMo said …

TOKYO—Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it invested in two Chinese wireless software companies in an effort to tap into the massive potential of the Chinese market. DoCoMo said …

Japanese giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it purchased a $3 million stake in Linux developer MontaVista Software Inc., based in Sunnyvale, Calif. DoCoMo recently standardized on two operating system platforms …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd., PalmSource Inc., SavaJe Technologies and China MobileSoft Ltd. all made waves on the operating-system front last week, announcements that further fractured an already complicated market. Indeed, …

Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced plans to acquire Chinese software vendor China MobileSoft Ltd. in an all-stock transaction valued at around $23 million. PalmSource’s stock fell slightly after its …

“The future is in the software,” said Nayeem Islam, vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s mobile software laboratory in San Jose, Calif. “The hardware is a commodity.” Islam’s assertion, spoken …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Sleepycat Software and MontaVista Software announced Sleepycat’s Berkeley DB software and MontaVista’s Linux operating system will be incorporated in Motorola’s A780 mobile phone, which was announced last month. Berkeley …

In the “Access unveils device development solution” story on page 6 of the Feb. 23 issue of RCR Wireless News, Access Co. Ltd.’s relationship with MontaVista Software Inc. was misstated. …

CANNES, France-Japanese wireless browser company Access Co. Ltd. announced a series of new products and agreements the company hopes will increase sales to carriers and handset manufacturers. On the handset …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Motorola Inc. has selected Sleepycat Software’s Berkeley DB application-specific data management software for use in Motorola’s A768 smart phone in China. The phone, developed for corporate users, offers applications …

There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the desktop computer business? Will Symbian manage …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-MontaVista’s Linux consumer electronic edition will support Renesas Technology Corp.’s multimedia application processor for mobile phones, according to both Renesas and MontaVista Software Inc. The product is known as …

KARLSKRONA, Sweden-Johan Sandberg freely admits that UIQ Technology AB, based in Ronneby, Sweden, is not exactly a major force in the hotly contested mobile-phone operating system market. “We are more …

SAN FRANCISCO-Motorola Inc. said it has entered an alliance with MontaVista Software Inc. to make available an embedded Linux platform for Motorola’s i.MX1 line of application processors, which will target …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As Microsoft and Symbian fight for dominance in the burgeoning smart-phone operating system (OS) market, U.S.-based Montavista Software has announced it is working with NEC to develop a …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Linux operating system has raised its stakes in the wireless world in a pact with MontaVista Software, which has agreed to embed the OS into a variety of …

DALLAS-In a move to push for Linux-based wireless devices, chip maker Texas Instruments said it will work to embed a Linux platform from MontaVista Software Inc. into its OMAP application …