Google smartphone "Ara" development which can choose cheaply by choosing only the function of whom I like is going well, also showing how Android works

Homebrew smartphone that assembles parts by freely selecting "Ara"Google is developing it, but the latest information was conveyed. At the beginning when the project was revealed, Ara was thought as a dreamlike thing, but development seems to be proceeding smoothly, and it is possible to check the movie to see how to actually run Android OS.

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About "Ara" which can make original smartphone by combining modules of your favorite functions Google not only has the advantage that can be customized, but also emphasizes the merit of being able to obtain a smartphone at a cheap price if the function is narrowed down It is. In other words, in order to approach people who do not have smartphones who are supposed to have 5 billion people in the world, cheap smart phones for emerging countries "Android OneWe think that not only the series but Ara is also a powerful way.

Like Ara, a project that is led by Mr. Dave Hackens of the Dutch designer who has raised the idea of ​​modular smartphone and is seeking proponents around the world "Phonebloks"As soon as the latest model appears, as long as smartphones are discarded as old garbage and parts are exchanged, it is possible to solve the garbage problem if it is possible to raise specs of the smartphone? It was a project of environmental thinking type.

"Phonebloks" which you can fully customize to your preference by selecting only the functions required on the smartphone - GIGAZINE


The purpose is different but the development of Ara with the same modular smart phone concept A team of Google ATAP team and Phonebloks team coalesce, now Phonebloks leaves smartphone development to ATAP, and itself distributes the way of Ara project around the world By doing so, we are shifting our focus to activities to appeal and enlighten the ecosystem that solves the smartphone disposal problem in the world.

A report on the latest Ara is released from such Phonebloks.

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Boston, USANK LabsA member of the Phonebloks team who visited.


Development of Ara is under way at NK Labs, which is operated by just seven people.


This is a part of Ara's module.


The Ara project is focused on Google's ATAP team,UXTeams share the development of Ara by 4 areas such as division. In addition, GoogleAra is a development effort to the last, it is neither Nexus series nor Android product nor Google's official product"It is declared.


The platform concept of Ara is shared ... ...


Modules are developed according to this concept.


Is this a module to insert a SIM card?


I am testing the board of the module while looking at the microscope.


This is a test of poor contact of the contact called a smoke test. In a style Ara fitting the module into a "skeletal frame" called an end skeleton, it is necessary to assume an accident due to module contact failure.


A prototype first prototype called "Spiral 1 (Spiral 1)".


Slide the module into the end skeleton and snap it in. Ara's feature is that it is tool-free and easy to modify modules.


LED module


battery


Processor module is the same size as battery.


We placed a speaker at the top of the display surface.


Micro-USB power supply module


Android logo appears when the power is on.


In the demonstration of the 1st Ara developer conference, it was freezing on the lock screen, but Spiral 1 was successfully started successfully.


Tap Home icon.


It is quite smooth movement, but it works properly.


Swipe operation is OK.


In Spiral 1, it means that only 50% of the modules can be changed. However, with the next prototype Spiral 2 being developed by Toshiba, more module space is expected to be opened to developers.


Spiral 2 will be showcased at the next developer conference.


Although development is progressing Ara, initially, Gray Phone, which was said to be offered prior to developers in January 2015, was changed to be delivered in the second half of 2015. As expected in the movie, Spiral 2, the next prototype model, will be announced at the 2nd Ara Developer Conference and the meeting will be held at Google's headquarters in Mountain View on January 14, 2015, The same content for the meeting will be held in Singapore on January 21, 2015.

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