Canonical scrapped its plans to bring Ubuntu to smartphones and tablets years ago. But the independent developers at UBPorts have been keeping the dream alive since 2017. Now they’ve announced a ...

The JingPad A1 is a tablet with premium specs and software that’s both unusual, and unfinished. Launched last year by a Chinese startup called Jingling, the JingPad A1 was designed to run a ...

We basically have a two-horse race in the mobile market but there was never a shortage of attempts to have a third contender. There's Microsoft's Windows Phone and Windows Mobile attempts, of course, ...

One of the most interesting upcoming smartphones is Purism’s Librem 5. This crowdfunded device, which is expected to land early next year, emphasizes privacy above all else. For starters, it runs ...

The UBports Foundation has announced the availability of Ubuntu Touch OTA-22. It comes with plenty of improvements but among the headlines is that video calling now works in the browser (but not apps ...

Do you remember several years ago when all the tech firms wanted in on the mobile space but were more or less forced out due to Apple’s and Google’s market dominance? One of the players was Canonical ...

The Librem 5 is a crowd-sourced, open-source smartphone. By default, it runs Purism's PureOS. This is a Debian Linux-based operating system. On it, PureOS supports the GNOME and KDE Plasma Mobile ...

UBports has this week announced the release of the latest update to the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system specifically created to provide users with a privacy and freedom-respecting mobile ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. That lead paragraph was probably enough to hook many of you, so if ...

Gone are the days when modding was a popular ritual among Android smartphone enthusiasts. Although the community still persists, it is limited due to the rearchitecting of Android over the years. With ...