[P2P-F] crazy idea

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

Google / Motorola backed modular ( open ? ) phone hardware

http://www.projectara.com/mdk/

https://plus.google.com/+GoogleATAP/posts/FmJ9Qb7Cqsw

Announcing the Project Ara MDK v0.10

Today we're announcing the first release of the Project Ara Module
Developers Kit (MDK) v0.10. You can download the release at
projectara.com/mdk/. This is a very early version but our goals are to give
the developer community an opportunity to provide feedback and input, and
to help us ensure that the final MDK--anticipated at the end of 2014--is
elegant, flexible, and complete.

Next week, we're hosting the first Project Ara Developers Conference at the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View. We invite developers to attend in
person (projectara.com/ara-developers-conference/) and provide feedback and
input on the MDK. An online livestream option is also available.
Registration closes tomorrow. Also, we're kicking off the Project Ara
Module Developers forum and mailing list--check it out.

We look forward to your feedback!

Paul Eremenko, Head, Project Ara




> [image: Project Ara: Modular smartphone]
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
> dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *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
>>
>> ///
>>
>>
>> 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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