Google’s Project Ara Has Been Shelved, Will be Salvaged for Parts
Google has suspended Project Ara, its ambitious effort to build what is known as a modular smartphone with interchangeable components, as part of a broader push...Continue reading
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Project Ara is Alive, Igor!
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...Continue reading
Project Ara Delayed Until 2016 – This Does Not Look Good For Competing Projects
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...Continue reading
Google Postpones Project Ara Pilot
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...Continue reading
Fonkraft Challenges Project Ara With a $99 Modular Smartphone
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...Continue reading
Intersoft’s Do-Ra Module Turns a Project Ara Smartphone into a Geiger Counter
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...Continue reading
PuzzlePhone Modular Smartphone Gains Spanish Modular Tech
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...Continue reading
Yezz Shows Off SmartCover, LED Flashlight, Gamepad for Project Ara
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...Continue reading
Under the Hood of Project Ara (videos)
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...Continue reading
Toshiba Reveals 5MP Camera Module for Project Ara
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...Continue reading
Project Ara Smartphone to Get Premium Modules for 13MP Toshiba Camera, Sennheiser Audio, Innolux Displays
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...Continue reading
Nvidia, Marvell to Develop CPU Modules for Google’s Modular eReading Device
Google's Project Ara is still on schedule to ship its first units in 2015, and today we learned that the modular mobile device is going to have...Continue reading
Want to Assemble Your Own Smartphone? Google Shows Off Project Ara Modular Phone Prototype
The idea of assembling a DIY mobile device has long since fallen out of the mainstream, but if Project Ara is successful then that could change. For the...Continue reading