Google Details Ara Module Developers Kit 1.0, Outs Design Guidelines

[qwertywarrior]

http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/8243/google-details-ara-module-developers-kit-1-0-outs-design-guidelines.html

 

we are one step closer to Google's Project Ara conference, to be held in the middle of this month.here one of the hot features

Users of an Ara phone will be able to power their device with one or multiple batteries; they will be able to swap a depleted battery with a fresh one, without powering off their phone; they will be able to charge one or more batteries in their phone from one or multiple charging devices.

 

 

 

[ShiverMePenguins]

I'm so very curious as to how modular the device actually is. Can I forgo a camera completely to add a 1x2 extra battery module? can I switch out a 1x1 module that's meant for bluetooth with extra storage or possibly a co-processor?

[Jogostar]

I'm so very curious as to how modular the device actually is. Can I forgo a camera completely to add a 1x2 extra battery module? can I switch out a 1x1 module that's meant for bluetooth with extra storage or possibly a co-processor?

probably not as much as you described.

[The_Strict_Nein]

I'm so very curious as to how modular the device actually is. Can I forgo a camera completely to add a 1x2 extra battery module? can I switch out a 1x1 module that's meant for bluetooth with extra storage or possibly a co-processor?

The idea is to get everything working over the same bus, so if it follows to original phoneblocks idea then yes, you would be able to do just that

[ShadowCaptain]

Except that I bet other manufacturers don't support it

Like say somebody wanted screen from apple, camera from sony, speakers from htc, keyboard from nokia 

 

Are these manufacturers really going to support this? this is the reason razers modular PC idea was shelved, nobody was interested in making modules for it

 

If google plan to make all the modules themselves it could work but I am not so sure. Also how hot swappable are these pieces. Can I have 3 camera modules? or are there limits to the combinations 

[onionring]

Except that I bet other manufacturers don't support it

Like say somebody wanted screen from apple, camera from sony, speakers from htc, keyboard from nokia

Are these manufacturers really going to support this? this is the reason razers modular PC idea was shelved, nobody was interested in making modules for it

If google plan to make all the modules themselves it could work but I am not so sure. Also how hot swappable are these pieces. Can I have 3 camera modules? or are there limits to the combinations

the reason the razer thing was shelved was isn t only because it was modular,

don t forget the volumenof sales, face it not the many people would h ve bought it meaning the cost for making the tools would. not have been covered.

this tho is google and a phone design, way more customer already. now we re talking about disposable phone parts meaning people would buy more constantly, again way more customers.

on to another topic,

the whole point of ara is to mix parts from different people so if the manifacturers don t support it, they just won t be making a part in the firsf place.

and yes google wants you to be able to put any module at any place(except the screen), watch the ara conference video)

[Lukiose]

And please make a battery module that is as large as the phone itself, being able to be snapped onto the back. I don't mind my phone being thicker if i can significantly increase the battery life. Nowadays phones can't even run >6 hours continuously on mobile data + games/web and high brightness.

[onionring]

And please make a battery module that is as large as the phone itself, being able to be snapped onto the back. I don't mind my phone being thicker if i can significantly increase the battery life. Nowadays phones can't even run >6 hours continuously on mobile data + games/web and high brightness.

well some can,

a s3/s4/note2/note3 with a zero lemon battery is what you want.

[Syfes]

I for one am very interested to see this develop. I'm not going to take a stand on wether or not this will turn out to be a succes or fail, but I'm curious to say the least.