Why create a Java-based phone OS, when the mid- and high-tier mobile phone market appears to be locked in a three-way battle among Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Linux?

Compatibility is the supreme priority. You have to be able to write to one (Java-based) phone, or server, or desktop and have (your code) run on all of them,” he said.

Jun 27, 2005, 2:01 AM by (staff) Motorola today announced the E895, the first phone to feature the manufacturer's new Java- and Linux-based OS and user interface.

Sun allies complete a second version of Java software for cell phones that they hope will fill gaps left by the first, but many see challenges in moving to the new technology.

With the help of Intel and TI Written by Tony Hallett, ContributorMarch 9, 2004 at 8:25 a.m. PT With the help of Intel and TI ...

The SavaJE XE operating system is designed to deliver Java functionality to mobile communication architectures. The OS runs on the on the Compaq iPAQ architecture and can be ported to StrongARM, ...

The new projected shipping date is in April. Customers found out about the OS switch this week through an email. The Sailfish OS is optimized to run fast on the Turing Phones and the Snapdragon 801 ...

Pretty much every tech writer in the universe over the past couple of days has been weighing on how Google's Chrome OS announcement will affect their little corner of the world, and I am certainly ...

Users of handheld devices and personal digital assistants (PDA) that run PalmSource Inc.’s Palm OS will have access to a variety of Java-based applications through PalmSource’s partnership ...