[P2P-F] crazy idea

Fri Apr 11 22:13:01 CEST 2014

Hi all,

For those living in Europe, there is the Fairphone. The first edition of this smartphone was produced through crowd-sourcing and shipped last December/January. It is not yet a modular phone - but I think that one is in the making. Only 25.000 Fairphones were produced in the first round. Spare parts and a repair manual are available. The second round consists of 35.000 Fairphones and the pre-sale starts in May. 

The Fairphone is fair in many different ways (free/open source software, rootable, transparent pricing, non-conflict minerals, worker rights, ewaste solution, double sim, replaceable battery, etc.). The philosophy behind Fairphone is to have fewer mobile phones around, not more. Secondly, the real goal is not just a fair mobile phone, but a circular economy. As a Fairphone buyer, you become an investor in a workers welfare fund in China and an e-waste project in Ghana.

The Fairphone is not 100% fair and 100% perfect - but it is the best available at the moment. All this and more can be read on the Fairphone website/blog. Browse through the pages and blog entries - there is a lot of interesting information.

http://www.fairphone.com/

Greetings,

Maja - a happy Fairphone owner

On 11 Apr 2014, at 16:58 , 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 released its first set of guidelines for developers hoping to participate in 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) teamed up with Dave Hakkens, the creator of Phonebloks. 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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