Friday, December 20, 2013

Custom Phones

Since everything these days can be customized just the way you want it to be down to the ads that you see. After the customization of software development, the only thing left is the actual phone itself. Like playing with LEGOs, a modular smartphone is a make-it-yourself device consisting of an endoskeleton base and modules that attach to create a custom phone. Don't care about having a camera? Swap it out for a larger battery. Want to update your display without getting an entirely new phone? You could do that, too. Motorola has been collaborating on a mission to make these devices a reality with Dave Hakkens, creator of a similar initiative called Phoneblocks, since this past fall. Project Ara would result in less electronic waste with devices that last a lot longer. This is something that would definitely catch on and really take off. Any thoughts?