Project Ara
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Google ends modular phone Project Ara, though licensing may be an option
After three years of development, starting at Motorola then transferred to Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group, Project Ara is being “suspended” and ultimately, is cancelled. Even after selling Moto to Lenovo in 2014, Google has touted the modular smartphone project as not only an alternative to current smartphone design, but the future… Read More
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The crazy dream of modular smartphones
File it under ‘it seemed great on paper’… but Google’s project Ara modular smartphone concept is — for all intents and purposes — dead. If you want to be a little more generous, you can say Google has pivoted away from attempting to engineer the impossible — i.e. total smartphone modularity — to strip it back to a few swappable units that will… Read More
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Google demos Project Ara developer unit, plans for a 2017 commercial release
It’s been a little while since we’ve heard much about Project Ara, but Google wasn’t going to let an I/O go by without shedding a little more light on the much discussed (and formerly Moto-centric) modular smartphone platform. After highlighting the latest updates from Projects Soli and Jacquard, the company showed off an impressive working developer edition of the phone to… Read More
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Google Delays Pilot Of Ara Modular Smartphone Till 2016
There are Google (Alphabet) moonshots such as its project to hack death/extend human life. And then there is the stuff shooting quite a lot lower than the moon — aka projects which also seem spectacularly unlikely to ultimately deliver a successful product… Read More
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TC Droidcast Episode 33: Wherein We Fix Project Ara
Our first Droidcast back in 2015 includes ample CES discussion, as well as first-hand accounts of Google’s Project Ara news from Kyle Russell. Darrell Etherington talks about the YotaPhone 2 dual-screen smartphone with e-ink tech, and Greg Kumparak spurs us all on to greater heights. The holiday cobwebs and CES hangovers are gone, and we’re eager to see what comes in 2015 for… Read More
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Google To Launch Project Ara Market Pilot In Puerto Rico Later This Year
Today Google announced that it will launch its modular smartphone, known as Project Ara, with a limited market pilot in the US territory of Puerto Rico later this year. Read More
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Watch Google’s Project Ara Developers Conference Live Right Here
Excited about modular smartphones? So is Google, which is hosting its second Project Ara Developer Conference today in California. The Ara project is designed to provide a consumer-ready platform for modular smartphone tech, letting users buy and swap out individual components like cameras, processors and sensors in configurations of their choosing. Remember, as you watch this, that Project… Read More
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Here’s What Google’s LEGO-Style Phone, Project Ara, Looks Like Right Now
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve heard much about Project Ara, Google’s efforts to build a phone out of components that can be swapped out, piece-by-piece. Google showed off the device a bit back at I/O — alas, things got a bit… crashy during the presentation. In a new video released today, the Phonebloks team shows the Ara prototype in its most recent form… Read More
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Google Is Looking For Developers For Its Modular Smartphone Project
Google’s modular smartphone is inching closer to reality. The company is looking for a few good developers with stellar ideas for Project Ara. Developers have to apply to the program and Google will select a lucky few to get very early access to the modules powering the novel smartphone. Read More
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Phonebloks Issues A Call To Action For Industry Partners To Support The Modular Phone
Phonebloks, the company started by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens with the aim of developing modular electronics, is touting its success in moving its mission forward today, while also calling for additional support in making efficient, user replaceable gadgets a reality – this time from industry partners who support major platform makers. Sennheiser is the first such partner mentioned in… Read More
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Google’s Modular Ara Smartphone To Launch For The Public In January 2015
Google has been showing off its Project Ara modular smartphone in a lot more detail over the past few days, likely because it’s also hosting a developer conference for the device this week. Ara uses interchangeable modules to deliver a smartphone that can be whatever a user wants it to be, complete with first- and third-party components including sensors, cameras, radio antennas and more. Read More
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Google Releases First Developer Resources For Project Ara, Its Modular Smartphone
Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group has released a Module Developers Kit (MDK) for Project Ara, its forthcoming modular smartphone, providing reference implementations for various design features. Read More
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Google Shows A Glimpse Of How Its Modular Phone Moonshot Is Progressing
Google has released a video showing a glimpse of what’s going on behind the scenes at Project Ara, one of the hardware shunkworks projects coming out of its Advanced Technology and Projects that’s aiming to put together a modular smartphone. Read More
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Google’s Project Ara $50 Modular Smartphone Could Change The Way We Buy Phones Starting Next Year
Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects Division just announced its first developer event for Project Ara, a modular smarpthone, yesterday, and a new follow-up profile by TIME indicates we could see the device come to market by next year, with a $50 price tag to start. The key phrase there is “to start,” however, as this smartphone with swappable components could get a… Read More
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Google’s Project Ara Modular Smartphone Gets Its Own Developer Conference This April
Google is not abandoning Project Ara, after taking over the ambitious experimental smartphone design concept along with the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group from Motorola. ATAP only just announced Tango, its 3D-environment sensor for mobile devices, and now it’s revealing a two-day developer conference April 15 and 16 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Ara… Read More
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Motorola Taps 3D Systems To Produce Parts For Its Crazy Modular Smartphones
Back when Motorola revealed that it’s seriously trying to bring modular smartphones to the masses, it left more than a few of the particulars shrouded in secrecy. Granted, that’s probably because most of the particulars haven’t even been fleshed out yet, but the Google subsidiary is slowly starting to reveal its vision for how these crazy things will actually be made. Read More
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