[P2P-F] crazy idea

Fri Apr 11 20:06:49 CEST 2014

skimming over the license doesn't really look like anything open though...
it's all about Google there.

but it's certainly a good start

2014-04-11 12:47 GMT-05:00 Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>:

> 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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