further presentations related to this project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd37-X56VsU#t=98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6BHJspyh6s On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson < [email protected]> wrote: > 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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