Motorola have announced that they will be using Linux in most of its mid to high range phones. You can read more on this ZDNet article. Does this mean they have finally given up on Symbian, will the Paragon II never be released? UPDATE Perhaps it will (see comments).

I'm not sure but Motorola seem to have had trod a very confused path when dealing with Smartphone technology. They own part of Symbian and have repeatedly said they were developing devices for it. They have signed to use Palm OS in smartphones but that went nowhere either. There were numerous rumours about them using Microsoft but that never came to anything. They have even produced devices using there own OS but with limited functionality. Now they seem to be trying to break new ground with Linux. Now I've nothing against Linux, I like the open source movement but I would not be surprised if they suddenly change tack again. If Symbian takes off this year then I think their will be some severe back pedaling in the Motorola camp.

However this could be all overly pessamistic and the Paragon II could be announced next week but I'm not holding my breath.