[P2P-F] crazy idea

Fri Apr 11 16:58:49 CEST 2014

*Hi Fabio,*

*potentially open hardware that can be compatible with this google backed
project ?*

*There is an upcoming developer kit ?*

*And developers conference ...*

http://www.projectara.com/ara-developers-conference/

*" We are excited to announce the first Ara Developers Conference, to be
held April 15-16, 2014. The Developers Conference will be held at the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Registration is
currently open to attend in person or online. Online attendees will be able
to view a live webstream and ask questions. "*

http://mashable.com/2014/04/10/project-ara-developer-kit/

" Google <http://mashable.com/category/google/> released its first set of
guidelines for developers hoping to participate in Project
Ara<http://mashable.com/category/project-ara/>,
the company's platform for building modular smartphones. The first version
of Project Ara's Module Development Kit was released Wednesday. "

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/177708-googles-modular-smartphone-project-ara-could-go-on-sale-next-year-for-50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q1JzJadgHY

based on this initial suggestion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAw7vW7H0c

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http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/177708-googles-modular-smartphone-project-ara-could-go-on-sale-next-year-for-50

concept of having a single phone that you continuously upgrade over a few
years, rather than wastefully replace in its entirety, could soon be a
reality.
...

The initial target is to sell a barebones endoskeleton for $50 at
convenience stores. This phone will have a WiFi module, an emergency
battery... and that's it. To add more functionality, you would buy more
modules (a screen, camera, some NAND flash storage, cellular modem) and
slot them in. There will also be three sizes -- mini, medium, and jumbo --
with "jumbo" equating to roughly phablet sized. While Google intends to
open up the modules to third parties, the endoskeletons will always be
Google-branded. (They have to make their money somehow.) As it currently
stands, ATAP is hoping that the commercialized modules will be 4mm thick,
resulting in a phone that is 10mm thick.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/169767-motorola-and-google-unveil-upgradeable-modular-smartphone-platform

For Project Ara, Motorola (now owned by
Google<http://www.extremetech.com/computing/92786-google-buys-motorola-begins-transformation-into-apple>)
teamed up with Dave Hakkens, the creator of
Phonebloks<http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/166570-phonebloks-modular-upgradeable-smartphones>.
Phonebloks were a concept for how you might possibly create a modular
smartphone -- but it was very much just a concept, without much
consideration of the physical, commercial, or legal constraints. Motorola's
Project Ara, on the other hand, appears to be more firmly seated in reality.

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Fabio Barone <holon.earth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just watched the following video about smartphones and their human cost.
> Warning, it's shocking.
>
>
> http://sharepowered.com/see-the-human-cost-of-your-iphone-and-it-will-shock-you/#
>
> I wondered,
>
> how feasible is it to:
> - create a global professionally managed p2p brand (here: for smartphones,
> e.g. urphone.net)
> - fabricate "clean" (whatever is possible here) smart phones in regional
> fablabs or even hackerspaces under that brand
> - profits shared all over the brand
>
> I apologize for my impulsive post,
> it may be pure nonsense,
> but I wonder
>
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