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 <[email protected]>: > 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 < >> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> P2P Foundation - Mailing list >>>> http://www.p2pfoundation.net >>>> https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > >
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