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Project Ara is Alive, Igor!

20 May, 20161 July, 2016e-Reading Hardware, Google2 Comments

After years of waiting, Google's long-delayed modular smartphone program will finally be shipping to developers this fall - only it won't be quite the ambitious and bold design we had...

Like a Smart Symbiote, Google Launches a 170 Million Euro Fund for Online News Innovation

22 October, 20151 July, 2016GoogleLeave a comment

The best symbiotes keep the host organism healthy. On a similar note, Google is taking steps today to make sure that the supply of content for its search engine...

XO Infinity Modular Laptop Goes Up for Pre-order

23 August, 201512 May, 2017e-Reading Hardware, Education3 Comments

One Education is an Australian non-profit and OLPC partner that wants to take up where OLPC left off by developing a modular and affordable educational computer for students. Earlier this...

Project Ara Delayed Until 2016 – This Does Not Look Good For Competing Projects

18 August, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading Hardware5 Comments

The hints dropped last week by the Project Ara developers have sadly come to pass. BBC, The Next Web, and the rest of the tech blogosphere is reporting that Google's...

Google Postpones Project Ara Pilot

13 August, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading Hardware, GoogleLeave a comment

Google has ruined my fall vacation plans. News is breaking today that Google's modular smartphone might not be hitting the market this year as promised. The Project Ara pilot test,...

Fonkraft Challenges Project Ara With a $99 Modular Smartphone

28 April, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading Hardware9 Comments

Google may have recruited much of the mobile device industry to support Project Ara, but that hasn't stopped independent efforts to develop modular smartphones. Late last year a Finnish phone maker...

Intersoft’s Do-Ra Module Turns a Project Ara Smartphone into a Geiger Counter

20 March, 201512 May, 2017e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

We still don't know for sure when Google's Project Ara will make its way to store shelves, but when it does arrive it will have some nifty options. In...

PuzzlePhone Modular Smartphone Gains Spanish Modular Tech

7 March, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

Google's Project Ara is the best known modular smartphone effort, but those who want a simpler concept would do well to look up the PuzzlePhone. A Finnish company by the name...

Click-ARM One Modular Tablet Up for Pre-Order for 289 Euros, Ships in June

6 March, 201512 May, 2017e-Reading Hardware3 Comments

A Spanish company by the name of ImasD is working to solve one of my complaints against Project Ara: the size. Earlier this week imasD unveiled the Click-ARM One, a modular...

This Israeli Startup Wants to Turn Your Smartphone’s Camera into a Tricorder

5 March, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

Google's Project Ara offers the promise that you might be able to add just about any feature to your smartphone which a module maker can think up and if Unispectral's camera...

Yezz Shows Off SmartCover, LED Flashlight, Gamepad for Project Ara

2 March, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading Hardware4 Comments

Google launched its modular smartphone project in order to speed up device innovation and make it possible for new features to reach the market in a matter of months and not...

Under the Hood of Project Ara (videos)

22 February, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading Hardware2 Comments

Much has been written about Google's Project Ara, but I don't know that the media coverage has managed to convey just how complex of an undertaking it is, or...

OLPC Australia to Launch a Modular, Hybrid Laptop/Tablet Called the XO Infinity

18 February, 201512 May, 2017e-Reading Hardware, Education14 Comments

One Education, OLPC's partner non-profit in Australia, has been quietly working for the past year on a new educational laptop which it plans to launch in the next couple...

Toshiba Reveals 5MP Camera Module for Project Ara

16 February, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading Hardware3 Comments

Google is planning to ship its project Ara modular smartphones in Puerto Rico later this year, and now it looks like Toshiba is going to have a camera module...

Project Ara Smartphone to Get Premium Modules for 13MP Toshiba Camera, Sennheiser Audio, Innolux Displays

26 January, 20151 July, 2016e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

I have my doubts that consumers will want to update and replace the CPU on a modular smartphone, but if the following screen and audio components are released then...

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