project ara
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Fairphone’s New Modular Flagship Is Still a Repairable Dream With a Sleek New Design
I’ve been dreaming of a modular smartphone since I first laid eyes on Google’s Project Ara. The concept made so much sense to me, a person who has built PCs before and isn’t afraid to attack a wire (as long as it isn’t live, of course). But despite the relative user-friendliness behind the idea of…
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Nobody Wants A Modular Smartphone
Google has reportedly killed its long-delayed, much-hyped modular smartphone initiative, Project Ara. I say good riddance.
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Cambits Lets You Build A Camera Like Lego
Many companies, including Alphabet’s Project Ara, promise us that the future is modular, pieces of hardware added individually to create the exact gadget you need. Although Ara is still toiling away on its piecemeal smartphone, research from Columbia University’s computer vision laboratory is making that promise a reality for cameras.
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Why Isn’t Google Launching Its Modular Ara Smartphone In Puerto Rico?
In January Google announced that Ara, its highly anticipated modular smartphone, would debut first in Puerto Rico as part of a pilot project. Today, Google says it’s not launching Ara there after all, and that it’s “re-routing” its plans. What gives?