Phonebloks - Project Ara prototype update

Well, it looks like it’s really going to happen. We seem to be only a few months away from an actual presentation of the modular phone. The Phonebloks team released a new video today, showing the latest version of the prototype. Yes, it really works. It boots up rather slowly, but it does work.

The team says that in this current configuration of the prototype (Spiral 1 they call it), about fifty percent of the available space is dedicated to making the modularity possible. In Spiral 2, the next generation of the prototype, there will be a lot more space for developers and users. This due to Toshiba building some custom chips for the project. That latest edition of the phone is not shown in the video, but it is mentioned that Spiral 2 will be shown at Google’s just announced Project Ara Developer Conference on January 14th.

Each time I see or hear of some new development concerning Project Ara, I get a little more excited. I suspect that you might feel the same. Because, it doesn’t matter if you think the modular phone will succeed or fail, the ingenuity, creativity, dedication and hard work being put in on it has to impress.

Many of us are rooting for you Phonebloks and Google.

Source: Techrunch

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Married to my best friend since 1987. We have six grand-children and three great-grandchildren. Began writing for Bane-Tech August 2014, due to an ever-growing passion for mobile and Android in particular. Computer programmer 1981 to 2015. Currently retired. Active You Tuber (Mobile Geezer: Twitter - https://twitter.com/MobileGeezer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mobilegeezer/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MobileGeezer Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/b/106433550154529693622/?pageId=106433550154529693622). Sax player and singer in various bands (rock and R&R) since the mid 60's. Avid motorcycle rider (Gold Wing), bicyclist and exercise enthusiast. Extreme lover of driving and biking (motorcycle). The more thousand miles the trip, the happier I am as the driver. Dedicated, Bible-believing Christian who makes no judgments on others .