Motorola's "Project Ara" Will Allow Users To Customize Their Smartphones

rtoz writes "Motorola has announced 'Project Ara,' afree and open hardware platform for smartphones. The purpose of Project Ara is to create a modular smartphone that would allow users to swap hardware components according their own wish. The design for Project Ara consists of an endoskeleton (endo) and modules. The endo is the structural frame that holds all the modules in place. A module can be anything, from a new application processor to a new display or keyboard, an extra battery, a pulse oximeter — or something not yet thought of." Motorola's not the first one to think of such a thing; this project is in cooperation with Phonebloks, which had already been pushing for reusable, reconfigurable phone components.

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Re:Fantastic for corporate users

[cdrudge]

At my company we are not allowed to have phones with cameras,

So why do you think that they would allow a phone that could easily have a camera added to it after you walked past security?

Re:Remember when

[sl4shd0rk]

You could buy computers with backs that opened

Um.. nothing has changed dude. You still can. Perhaps you've been in the Apple monoculture too long.

Re: Remember when

[kTag]

You shouldn't be allowed to post on Slashdot if you are stopped by the wrong screwdriver