Thanks Maja Fairphone sounds nice.
Also, if I read it properly, the modular google/motorola phone planned for 2015 aims at creating standards so that other companies can create modules that chip on the mainframe. Yet google/motorola would keep control on the mainframe... ( but not necessarily the additional modules ? ) I can imagine open hardware Fairphone modules for such a modular approach ? On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Maja van der Velden <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > For those living in Europe, there is the Fairphone. The first edition of > this smartphone was produced through crowd-sourcing and shipped last > December/January. It is not yet a modular phone - but I think that one is > in the making. Only 25.000 Fairphones were produced in the first round. > Spare parts and a repair manual are available. The second round consists of > 35.000 Fairphones and the pre-sale starts in May. > > The Fairphone is fair in many different ways (free/open source software, > rootable, transparent pricing, non-conflict minerals, worker rights, ewaste > solution, double sim, replaceable battery, etc.). The philosophy behind > Fairphone is to have fewer mobile phones around, not more. Secondly, the > real goal is not just a fair mobile phone, but a circular economy. As a > Fairphone buyer, you become an investor in a workers welfare fund in China > and an e-waste project in Ghana. > > The Fairphone is not 100% fair and 100% perfect - but it is the best > available at the moment. All this and more can be read on the Fairphone > website/blog. Browse through the pages and blog entries - there is a lot of > interesting information. > > http://www.fairphone.com/ > > Greetings, > > Maja - a happy Fairphone owner > > On 11 Apr 2014, at 16:58 , 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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