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Google's Project Ara begins showing developers how to build modular smartphone parts
Google is starting to show developers what they need to do to create swappable parts for its upcoming modular smartphones, currently called Project Ara. On Ara's website, it's just posted the Module Developers Kit, which contains the information that manufacturers need to get started creating modular parts. "Ara’s success is predicated on a rich, vibrant, and diverse ecosystem of modules from a myriad of developers," one document in the kit reads.
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I am super excited about this. Can't wait to see what comes from it.
I think this could be incredibly interesting not just for cellphones but tablets as well.
Why go with a cheap tablet when you could buy a larger touchscreen, and reuse your existing parts for a bigger tablet.
Also perhaps people will hack together their own parts, like an ir emitter for controlling tvs or starting cars.