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Updated Project Ara MDK Released Ahead of Second Developer Conference

Tim January 12, 2015 12

This week, Google is making an updated MDK available for Project Ara, the modular phone platform, with a developers conference conveniently scheduled for January 14 in Mountain View. The new MDK brings hardware and software upgrades, but a few changes seem ...

Check Out This Behind the Scenes Video of Project ARA Device Up and Running

Tim October 29, 2014 49

With the announcement of its upcoming Project Ara developers conference in January, a video has been posted by the Ara team, detailing one of its Phonebloks development units up and running with Android. As you can see, the unit is still in the early stages of...

Project Ara to Run Modified Android L, Will Feature Hot Swappable Modules

Tim September 29, 2014 106

With commercial availability of Project Ara slated for early 2015, more information has gone public this week through Phonebloks, a bit of which may be very exciting for fans who have been following along with the platform's development news and were curious...

Phonebloks Posts Project Ara Update Video, Shows the Team Behind the Undertaking

Rithvik April 3, 2014 34

Now that we're so close to the Project Ara Developers Conference set to go down on April 15th and 16th, it seems Phonebloks couldn't resist uploading an update video on the progress of the team behind Project Ara. The video shows some of the prototypes of...

Question of the Day: What Modules Would You Include in Your Project Ara Phone?

Kellen February 28, 2014 119

Project Ara, the modular phone project now run by Google, is probably one of the most interesting smartphone developments for tech enthusiasts to pay attention to in years. The idea is simple - you have a bare-bones skeleton phone that can be customized...

Motorola Partners With 3D Systems to Help Build Project Ara Modular Phones

Kellen November 22, 2013 40

Well, folks, Motorola's modular smartphone platform called Project Ara has a manufacturing partner. The company is called 3D Systems, a 3D printing outfit that helped them with their MakeWithMoto campaign shortly after the Moto X launch. 3D Systems will...

Phonebloks Posts Status Update Video – Talks Motorola Collaboration, Community, and More

Kellen October 29, 2013 94

After Motorola surprised the tech world a bit last night with the introduction of their new modular hardware smartphone concept called Project Ara, we were sort of wondering when we'd hear from Phonebloks. After all, Phonebloks was the first to put modular...

Motorola Introduces Project Ara, A Modular Smartphone Hardware Platform Like PhoneBloks

Kellen October 28, 2013 239

Remember Phonebloks? It was the modular smartphone project idea that wanted to build phones that could be easily upgraded using modules. The idea was essentially to give users the option to upgrade the hardware in their phones as they need, without having to...