What is project ara?
This is everywhere on the internet today. When there is something big on the net then it will definitely hold the big G’s name to it. You guessed it right! It’s a Google’s project.
Project ara aims at developing modular smart phones. Modular smart phones are nothing but a smart phone in which the user can choose his hardware according to his preferences.
Project Ara is the codename for an activity that means to add to an open hardware stage for making exceptionally measured smartphones. The stage will incorporate a structural casing (endoskeleton that holds cell phone modules of the manager's decision, for example, a showcase, cam or an additional battery. It would permit clients to swap out failing modules or redesign singular modules as developments develop, giving longer lifetime cycles to the handset, and conceivably diminishing electronic waste. Project Ara cell phone will start pilot testing in Puerto Rico later 2015 with a target bill of materials expense of $50 for a fundamental dim phone.The undertaking was initially headed by the Advanced Technologies and Projects group inside Motorola Mobility while it was an auxiliary of Google. Despite the fact that Google had sold Motorola to Lenovo, it is holding the task group who will work under the course of the Android division
WHEN THE PROJECT ARA WILL GET STARTED?
PROJECT Ara is an advancement exertion, not an authority Google item. Thusly, we don't have a business sector dispatch date. Nonetheless, we're working towards a restricted business sector pilot in 2015.Concerning valuing, its much too soon to tell. We have set designing and assembling objectives for the bill-of-materials expense of an essential, section level Ara gadget to be in the $50-100 territory. It's essential to note that this is simply the expense of the segments and says nothing in regards to how it will be valued -it could be pretty much than that (e.g., with a bearer contract). At last, we expect that module engineers will have the capacity to set the costs for their modules sold in the Ara Module Marketplace, much like versatile application designers do in application stores today.
LIST OF COMPANIES SUPPORTING PROJECT ARA?
· MOTOROLA
· MOST OF THE ANDROID PHONE COMPANIES
. YeZZ
. YeZZ
Modify EVERY LAYER OF YOUR NEW PHONE
Swiping left and right gives you a chance to travel through a synopsis of your telephone — you begin at the business, with every last bit of its choices open to you. From that point, you can spare specific modules you're occupied with to your "stash." Then you really manufacture the telephone itself; the last screen demonstrates your creation, the amount it expenses, and some key specs like evaluated battery life. You can put in your request in that spot.
It would look something like the image below.
Project ara and other phones are poles apart
With project ara, you get to choose your display panel, you get to choose your battery pack, and you get to choose your memory module and every other component. And therefore you get to customize your budget and your personal requirements.
As the hardware is pick and place, the possibilities are limitless. You can carry a sensor to test if water is clean. It need not be attached to your phone. Just drop in your bag and fix it to your phone when needed. You could use a battery that lasts for days or a really awesome speaker or a gamer phone or it could even be your car key. This means that when an individual component breaks, you need not replace your phone. Just remove the broken component and replace it with a fresh piece. Simple as that!
Mind blowing! Isn’t it?
Hold on there’s more!
The Ara configurator app
The Ara Configurator will be your one-stop shop for customizing and purchasing your device’s modules. The app basically helps you to design your smart phone.
The Ara manager app
The app allows the users to lock and unlock the modules. The modules are held together to the phone by magnets. The app controls the current to the specific electro-permanent magnet and thereby controls the locking system of the modules.
Project ara’s master mind
A dutch designer Dave Hakkens developed the concept of modular smart phones and he named it phonebloks. The name phoneblok was given as you can just remove and replace the desired block anytime. Later the concept was developed by Motorola’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group owned by Google. In the second half of 2014 the big G sold Motorola to Lenovo retaining ATAP and all its patents. And so now the phonebloks project is called Google’s Project ara. Why is it called Project ara? “As it turns out, our lead mechanical designer is named Ara. And we like him. And we also like his name. So we named the phone Ara. We hope you like it too.” , says Google.
DIFFERENT FROM MODULAR PHONES:
With a particular stage, you can pick the cam you need for your telephone as opposed to picking your telephone for the cam. You could have a sensor to test if water is clean. You could have a battery that goes on for quite a long time. A truly magnificent speaker. A gamer telephone. Alternately it could even be your auto key. The potential outcomes are boundless.
You can overhaul diverse parts of your telephone when you require as well. Supplant a broken showcase. Set something aside for a top of the line cam. Offer a module with your family, or swap one with your companions. Presently you don't need to discard your telephone like clockwork.
What else… Want your feline on your telephone? Get a custom shell. Feline's got cats? No issue, include those pictures as well. Is it accurate to say that you are a games nut? Get your most loved group's logo on your telephone.
To put it plainly, Ara gives you a chance to settle on astute decisions and recount your story through your gadge
Ara’s release date
Google has planned its first launch of the phone in Puerto Rico. When asked why? Google replied saying, “the region itself has a pretty undeveloped landline system –– 77% of the population use mobile phones as their primary communication tool”. Also the market’s major share of 25% is with ATAP. The phones are to be sold from trucks.
Ara will hit the world markets by august 2015. Google is teaming up with Open mobiles and Claro to launch its ara phones. The entry level phones will be in the range of $50-100.
Recent prototype is as shown below and is called spiral 2
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Google has already made changes since its initial prototype. In its recent exhibit, google showed its latest spiral 2 prototype. At the second Project Ara Developers Conference at Google's Mountain View headquarters, google displayed its baby working with a 720p display module and receiver module attached the front, and the space for eight modules on the back included things like a battery, camera and microUSB adapter. It also said with spiral 2 you can actually replace the modules while the phone is still ON. The goal is to give 1 to 2 minutes for the users to make the change.
Other prototypes
The main hand behind the project is a small company called Yezz. Google didn’t want to allow htc, sony and the other leads into the project. Yezz at the Mobile World congress, 2015 revealed that it would be contributing a lot of brains to the project. Speaking to Pocket-Lint, Yezz said the modules will be connected to the phones via magnets and will stay attached till the user gives a command to separate them.
Toshiba has already developed a camera working with project ara. It has decided to launch the gizmo in 2016. An Indian based company at Ahmedabad, eInfoChips has tied up with Toshiba to build, support and distribute development kits for google Ara modules. Marvel chips and NVIDIA are also with the big G on the project. Leading mobile app design and development agency Two Toasters is to develop the applications of the project ara smart phones.
These modular phones reduce the electronic wastes to a great extent and are slso economical. As the phone can be completely configured by the user, the phones are handy.
The project mainly aims at building a device that will make the smart phones accessible to billions of people who cannot afford iphones and galaxy. We wouldn’t be surprised if there would be a word ara being added to the dictionary which would mean smart phones in the future!
Some of the latest design of project Ara
Latest Design of Project ARA
