<div dir="ltr"><div>Google / Motorola backed modular ( open ? ) phone hardware<br><br><a href="http://www.projectara.com/mdk/">http://www.projectara.com/mdk/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleATAP/posts/FmJ9Qb7Cqsw">https://plus.google.com/+GoogleATAP/posts/FmJ9Qb7Cqsw</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">Announcing the Project Ara MDK v0.10</span><br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">
<br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px"><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">Today we’re announcing the first release of the Project Ara Module Developers Kit (MDK) v0.10. You can download the release at </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://projectara.com/mdk/" class="" style="color:rgb(66,127,237);text-decoration:none;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">projectara.com/mdk/</a><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">. 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. </span><br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">
<br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px"><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">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 (</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://projectara.com/ara-developers-conference/" class="" style="color:rgb(66,127,237);text-decoration:none;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">projectara.com/ara-developers-conference/</a><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">) 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.</span><br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">
<br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px"><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">We look forward to your feedback! </span><br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">
<br style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px"><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18.200000762939453px">Paul Eremenko, Head, Project Ara</span><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><img src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/project-ara-modular-phone-640x353.jpg" alt="Project Ara: Modular smartphone"><br></div></div><div class=""><div class="h5">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com" target="_blank">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><b>Hi Fabio,</b><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>potentially open hardware that can be compatible with this google backed project ?</b><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>There is an upcoming developer kit ?</b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>And developers conference ...</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.projectara.com/ara-developers-conference/" target="_blank">http://www.projectara.com/ara-developers-conference/</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:30px;letter-spacing:1px;text-align:justify;font-family:proxima-nova"><i><font color="#000000">" 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. "</font></i></span><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/04/10/project-ara-developer-kit/" target="_blank">http://mashable.com/2014/04/10/project-ara-developer-kit/</a></div><div><br></div><div>" <a href="http://mashable.com/category/google/" style="color:rgb(0,174,239);text-decoration:none;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px" target="_blank">Google</a><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px"> released its first set of guidelines for developers hoping to participate in </span><a href="http://mashable.com/category/project-ara/" style="color:rgb(0,174,239);text-decoration:none;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px" target="_blank">Project Ara</a><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px">, the company's</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px"> platform for building modular smartphones. The first version of Project Ara's Module Development Kit was released Wednesday. "</span><br>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/177708-googles-modular-smartphone-project-ara-could-go-on-sale-next-year-for-50" target="_blank">http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/177708-googles-modular-smartphone-project-ara-could-go-on-sale-next-year-for-50</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q1JzJadgHY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q1JzJadgHY</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>based on this initial suggestion</div><div><br>
</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAw7vW7H0c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAw7vW7H0c</a><br>
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</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">co</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">ncept 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.</span><br>
</div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">...</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">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</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">, resulting in a phone that is 10mm thick.</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px"><br>
</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/169767-motorola-and-google-unveil-upgradeable-modular-smartphone-platform" target="_blank">http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/169767-motorola-and-google-unveil-upgradeable-modular-smartphone-platform</a><br>
<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">For Project Ara, Motorola (</span><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/computing/92786-google-buys-motorola-begins-transformation-into-apple" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(177,112,10);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px" target="_blank">now owned by Google</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">) teamed up with Dave Hakkens, the creator of </span><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/166570-phonebloks-modular-upgradeable-smartphones" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(177,112,10);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px" target="_blank">Phonebloks</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:ProximaNovaRgRegular,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px">. 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.</span><br>
</div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Fabio Barone <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holon.earth@gmail.com" target="_blank">holon.earth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">I just watched the following video about smartphones and their human cost.<div>
Warning, it's shocking.</div>
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</div><div><br></div><div>I wondered,</div><div><br></div><div>how feasible is it to:</div><div>- create a global professionally managed p2p brand (here: for smartphones, e.g. <a href="http://urphone.net" target="_blank">urphone.net</a>)</div>
<div>- fabricate "clean" (whatever is possible here) smart phones in regional fablabs or even hackerspaces under that brand</div><div>- profits shared all over the brand</div><div><br></div><div>I apologize for my impulsive post,</div>
<div>it may be pure nonsense,</div><div>but I wonder</div></div>
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