This document provides information about current research being done on modular smartphone technology, specifically the Phonebloks concept and Motorola's Project Ara. It discusses how Motorola is partnering with Phonebloks creator David Hakkens to develop a modular smartphone platform called Project Ara that will allow users to customize their device by snapping together different modular parts. Motorola is seeking input on Project Ara from volunteers signed up through an app to provide feedback throughout the research and development process, which remains in early stages as the company works to overcome engineering and design challenges.
Phonebloks - a phone worth keeping,project arasantoshi ravali
Phonebloks is a modular smartphone concept created by Dave Hakkens that allows users to customize their phone by replacing modules as needed. It consists of a base unit with connectors that various modules called "bloks" can plug into to add functions like cameras, batteries, or speakers. This modular design aims to reduce waste by allowing users to upgrade specific components rather than replacing the entire phone. Motorola has partnered with Hakkens on a similar concept called Project Ara, which uses an "endoskeleton" base and modules that slide in. This approach could deliver even greater customization and lower barriers for third-party developers. The ultimate goal is a platform that empowers users to have precise control over the components
Phonebloks is a proposed modular smartphone design that allows users to replace individual components like the camera, processor, or battery. This aims to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to upgrade specific parts rather than replacing the entire phone. Key aspects include a main board onto which modular "blocks" or components can be snapped on and replaced as needed. Proponents argue this modular approach would provide more flexibility and customization compared to traditional monolithic smartphone designs. However, ensuring software and hardware compatibility across all potential third-party modules presents a major technical challenge.
Phonebloks is a modular phone system that allows users to customize and upgrade individual components like the processor, memory, and battery. It works like a desktop computer where parts can be swapped out over time to keep the phone updated. This modular approach aims to reduce e-waste by allowing users to replace specific outdated parts rather than having to replace the entire phone for minor upgrades. It also gives users flexibility to determine the exact features and size of their phone.
Project Ara is Google's initiative to create a highly modular and customizable smartphone platform led by Paul Eremenko. The phone consists of an endoskeleton frame and interchangeable modules that can be swapped out to customize the device. Examples of modules include batteries, cameras, and speakers. The project aims to make hardware innovation more accessible and allow phones to be continually updated and upgraded by users. Some challenges include the potential for size, weight and connectivity issues between modules. Once resolved, a modular design could allow consumers to buy only the features they need and upgrade parts individually, extending the life of their device.
Project Ara is Google's modular smartphone project that allows users to customize their device by swapping in and out hardware modules. The smartphone consists of an endoskeletal frame with slots for modules like displays, cameras, batteries etc. This allows users to upgrade individual components rather than the entire device. Google aims to make the core frame affordable at $50 and allow third parties to create additional modules without licensing fees. This approach intends to extend the lifespan of devices and reduce e-waste. Various prototypes were unveiled between 2013-2016, and pilot tests were planned but delayed. Other companies like Motorola and LG have also introduced modular devices with modules for accessories, but Project Ara aims for greater customization. Potential challenges include higher costs for modules
The document outlines the concept of Phonebloks, a modular smartphone design proposed by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens. Some key points:
- Phonebloks would allow users to customize their phone by adding or replacing modular components like a camera, battery, or processor. This could reduce waste and lower costs while keeping devices up-to-date.
- Challenges include limited manufacturers, concerns about bulk/weight, compatibility issues, and the complexity of building connections between removable modules.
- The presenters will discuss Phonebloks' hardware/software, advantages like customization and environmental benefits, disadvantages like potential connection problems, and open challenges like gaining manufacturer support.
The document discusses Phonebloks, a proposed modular smartphone design that allows users to customize their device by snapping together individual blocks responsible for distinct functions. The concept was created by David Hakkens to reduce electronic waste by making phones upgradable. Each block connects to a base unit and blocks include options for display, audio, memory, CPU and other components. Advantages include customization, flexibility in pricing, and sustainability by reducing e-waste. However, challenges include reliance on partners, software compatibility across modules, low brand awareness, and financial and legal stability.
Phonebloks - a phone worth keeping,project arasantoshi ravali
Phonebloks is a modular smartphone concept created by Dave Hakkens that allows users to customize their phone by replacing modules as needed. It consists of a base unit with connectors that various modules called "bloks" can plug into to add functions like cameras, batteries, or speakers. This modular design aims to reduce waste by allowing users to upgrade specific components rather than replacing the entire phone. Motorola has partnered with Hakkens on a similar concept called Project Ara, which uses an "endoskeleton" base and modules that slide in. This approach could deliver even greater customization and lower barriers for third-party developers. The ultimate goal is a platform that empowers users to have precise control over the components
Phonebloks is a proposed modular smartphone design that allows users to replace individual components like the camera, processor, or battery. This aims to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to upgrade specific parts rather than replacing the entire phone. Key aspects include a main board onto which modular "blocks" or components can be snapped on and replaced as needed. Proponents argue this modular approach would provide more flexibility and customization compared to traditional monolithic smartphone designs. However, ensuring software and hardware compatibility across all potential third-party modules presents a major technical challenge.
Phonebloks is a modular phone system that allows users to customize and upgrade individual components like the processor, memory, and battery. It works like a desktop computer where parts can be swapped out over time to keep the phone updated. This modular approach aims to reduce e-waste by allowing users to replace specific outdated parts rather than having to replace the entire phone for minor upgrades. It also gives users flexibility to determine the exact features and size of their phone.
Project Ara is Google's initiative to create a highly modular and customizable smartphone platform led by Paul Eremenko. The phone consists of an endoskeleton frame and interchangeable modules that can be swapped out to customize the device. Examples of modules include batteries, cameras, and speakers. The project aims to make hardware innovation more accessible and allow phones to be continually updated and upgraded by users. Some challenges include the potential for size, weight and connectivity issues between modules. Once resolved, a modular design could allow consumers to buy only the features they need and upgrade parts individually, extending the life of their device.
Project Ara is Google's modular smartphone project that allows users to customize their device by swapping in and out hardware modules. The smartphone consists of an endoskeletal frame with slots for modules like displays, cameras, batteries etc. This allows users to upgrade individual components rather than the entire device. Google aims to make the core frame affordable at $50 and allow third parties to create additional modules without licensing fees. This approach intends to extend the lifespan of devices and reduce e-waste. Various prototypes were unveiled between 2013-2016, and pilot tests were planned but delayed. Other companies like Motorola and LG have also introduced modular devices with modules for accessories, but Project Ara aims for greater customization. Potential challenges include higher costs for modules
The document outlines the concept of Phonebloks, a modular smartphone design proposed by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens. Some key points:
- Phonebloks would allow users to customize their phone by adding or replacing modular components like a camera, battery, or processor. This could reduce waste and lower costs while keeping devices up-to-date.
- Challenges include limited manufacturers, concerns about bulk/weight, compatibility issues, and the complexity of building connections between removable modules.
- The presenters will discuss Phonebloks' hardware/software, advantages like customization and environmental benefits, disadvantages like potential connection problems, and open challenges like gaining manufacturer support.
The document discusses Phonebloks, a proposed modular smartphone design that allows users to customize their device by snapping together individual blocks responsible for distinct functions. The concept was created by David Hakkens to reduce electronic waste by making phones upgradable. Each block connects to a base unit and blocks include options for display, audio, memory, CPU and other components. Advantages include customization, flexibility in pricing, and sustainability by reducing e-waste. However, challenges include reliance on partners, software compatibility across modules, low brand awareness, and financial and legal stability.
Google's Motorola has unveiled Project Ara, an open hardware platform for building modular smartphonesThe idea behind the project, led by Motorola's Advanced Technology and Projects group, is to turn almost everything in a smartphone — display, keyboard, battery, processor — into a module that can be replaced.Motorola envisions two basic components of such a smartphone: an endoskeleton (or endo), the structural frame that holds all the pieces together, and the modules which are fitted on the endo.
The goal is to drive a more thoughtful, expressive, and open relationship between users, developers, and their phones. To give you the power to decide what your phone does, how it looks, where and what it’s made of, how much it costs, and how long you’ll keep it.
With a Project Ara phone, modules can be replaced one at a time. Want a new Bluetooth model? Just snap it in. New battery, camera, processor? Easily done. The concept should give you, the user, the power to decide what goes into your phone: how it looks, how much it costs and what it does. As Motorola puts it, all of this should do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software. The results should be a third-party developer ecosystem and faster innovation.
Motorola has been working on Project Ara for a year. Immediate plans involve sending an invitation to developers to start creating modules for the platform in a couple of months.
If the project becomes a consumer-level reality available to billions of users, the effect on the smartphone industry as a whole could be very interesting indeed to witness. For one, it could affect the rate at which manufacturers release new models. Assuming the prototype functions well enough to continue, and assuming the public launch is received well — which is still a long ways off — this could be a major win for consumers over the long haul.
Project Ara is an initiative by Google to develop a modular smartphone platform. The phone is made of swappable modules that can be customized by the user, such as the camera, battery, and processor. This allows users to upgrade or replace individual parts as needed. The endoskeleton provides the frame and electrical connections for modules. Project Ara aims to produce highly customizable, sustainable phones that generate less e-waste.
Project Ara is a development effort to create a modular hardware ecosystem--rivaling mobile apps in the pace and level of innovation--around smartphones, with the goal of delivering the mobile internet to the next 5 billion people.
Project Ara is Google's initiative to develop an open hardware platform for modular smartphones. Users will be able to populate a structural frame called an endoskeleton with interchangeable modules for functions like the display, battery, and camera. This will allow customization and upgrading of individual modules. The first prototype is scheduled for release in January 2015. Key aspects of the design include the modular structure, interchangeable modules, and an online marketplace for browsing and purchasing modules.
Project Ara is Google's modular smartphone platform that allows users to customize their device by adding or replacing hardware modules. It was originally developed by Motorola under Google but is now led by Google. The goal is to give users more flexibility to update parts instead of replacing the whole phone. The modular design consists of an endoskeleton frame with slots for interchangeable modules that provide functions like cameras, processors, and batteries. Challenges include ensuring reliable connections between modules and addressing issues of weight, size, and battery life.
The slide is about the new technology "ARA" that is being developed by Google. The concept of modular smartphone that is cheap and will be available soon in the market. This will create a history in the world of smartphones.
Project Ara is Google's initiative to develop an open hardware platform for highly modular smartphones. The platform will include a structural frame that holds interchangeable modules like displays, keyboards, and batteries chosen by the user. This will allow users to swap out malfunctioning modules or upgrade individual modules as innovations emerge. The first model is scheduled for release in January 2015 and aims to offer advantages like low prices, cheaper repairs, customization, and extended device lifespan through modular replacements.
Project Ara is an open-source modular smartphone concept that allows users to customize their device by attaching individual third-party components called "modules". The goal is to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to replace specific broken modules rather than the entire device. Project Ara smartphones are made of interchangeable modules that slide into an endoskeleton frame. Example modules include cameras, batteries, processors, and specialty additions like air quality sensors. The project aims to launch pilot programs in 2016 and release affordable basic devices for $100 that can be customized with a wide variety of third-party modules.
Project Ara is an initiative by Google to develop a modular smartphone platform that allows users to customize their device by swapping components. The platform includes an endoskeletal frame into which modules like cameras, batteries, and displays can be hot-swapped without powering off the phone. This allows longer device lifecycles and reduces electronic waste. Google plans developer conferences in 2014 and a commercial release of Project Ara phones in early 2015.
Project ARA is a modular smartphone concept that allows users to customize their device by adding or swapping out individual modules. It uses an endoskeleton frame and interchangeable modules. Key technologies that enable modularity include UniPro for high-speed communication between modules, M-PHY capacitive connectors that withstand frequent swapping, and electropermanent magnets that securely affix modules without continuous power drain. Potential advantages include lower costs, longer device lifespan through repairs/upgrades, and customization, but disadvantages are increased size/weight and connection reliability issues.
This presentation introduces the Phonebloks concept created by Dave Hakkens to reduce electronic waste by making smartphones modular and customizable. Phonebloks proposes a smartphone made of detachable third-party components called "Bloks" that can be replaced individually to upgrade functions, expand storage or replace damaged pieces. This would allow users to customize their device and potentially keep phones longer rather than throwing them out entirely when one component fails. However, some critics argue that the modular design could actually increase e-waste if users frequently replace blocks as new versions become available. The project is now being developed collaboratively with Motorola as "Project Ara".
This document provides an overview of Project Ara, Google's initiative to develop a modular and customizable smartphone platform. It discusses the history and goals of Project Ara, including allowing users to swap out individual modules as needed. The key components are an endoskeleton frame and interchangeable modules like displays, cameras and batteries. The technology behind it includes UniPro for module communication, M-PHY capacitive connections, and electro permanent magnets to securely attach modules. Potential advantages include lower costs from buying only needed modules, easier repairs and upgrades, while disadvantages may be larger size and issues from improper module combinations.
Project Ara is Google's modular smartphone project that allows users to customize their device by adding or replacing hardware modules. It consists of an endoskeleton frame onto which modules like displays, processors, batteries and more can be inserted or swapped out. This makes the phone customizable for each user's needs, reduces e-waste by replacing only parts that need upgrading, and opens the market to third-party module manufacturers. While it offers significant customization benefits, challenges include potential damage from module swapping, compatibility issues between certain module combinations, and higher prices of individual modules.
This document provides an overview of Project Ara, Google's initiative to develop a modular smartphone platform. The platform will include an endoskeleton frame to hold interchangeable modules like displays, keyboards, and batteries selected by the user. This will allow users to swap out malfunctioning modules or upgrade individual modules. The first model is scheduled for release in January 2015. Key aspects discussed include the hardware architecture with modules attached using electromagnetic pins, a common power bus, and a software architecture to manage module detection and control. Potential advantages are listed as lower prices, cheaper repairs, customization, and increased device lifespan, while disadvantages include potential increased size and testing challenges.
Project Ara. Its a project Google is working on. Its a complete new type of mobile phone. You can customize your mobile phone the way you want. Your device Your way.
Phonebloks is an open source modular phone concept created by David Hakkens to build more sustainable smartphones. A Phoneblok allows users to replace individual components like memory, graphics cards, or processors to upgrade functionality without replacing the entire device. This modular design aims to reduce electronic waste by making phones longer-lasting and customizable to a user's needs over time. Multiple companies could work together to develop individual modular components for Phonebloks, rather than single companies developing entire devices.
Phonebloks is a proposed modular smartphone design that allows users to customize their device by replacing individual components like the display, processor, battery, and more. This modular design aims to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to upgrade specific parts rather than replacing the entire phone. Some key advantages include customization, flexibility in pricing, and a more sustainable approach. However, challenges include reliance on partners, ensuring software compatibility across modular components, and low initial brand awareness relative to major smartphone manufacturers.
The document proposes the Phonebloks concept of a modular smartphone made of interchangeable components called "bloks". The central blok contains the CPU, and additional bloks provide features like cameras or speakers. Users can customize their phone by adding or replacing bloks as desired. This modular design aims to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to upgrade individual bloks rather than replacing entire phones. It could benefit users through customization and lower costs, and benefit manufacturers through new markets and improved public image. However, successfully introducing such a disruptive concept may be challenging in a market dominated by a few major companies.
Google's Motorola has unveiled Project Ara, an open hardware platform for building modular smartphonesThe idea behind the project, led by Motorola's Advanced Technology and Projects group, is to turn almost everything in a smartphone — display, keyboard, battery, processor — into a module that can be replaced.Motorola envisions two basic components of such a smartphone: an endoskeleton (or endo), the structural frame that holds all the pieces together, and the modules which are fitted on the endo.
The goal is to drive a more thoughtful, expressive, and open relationship between users, developers, and their phones. To give you the power to decide what your phone does, how it looks, where and what it’s made of, how much it costs, and how long you’ll keep it.
With a Project Ara phone, modules can be replaced one at a time. Want a new Bluetooth model? Just snap it in. New battery, camera, processor? Easily done. The concept should give you, the user, the power to decide what goes into your phone: how it looks, how much it costs and what it does. As Motorola puts it, all of this should do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software. The results should be a third-party developer ecosystem and faster innovation.
Motorola has been working on Project Ara for a year. Immediate plans involve sending an invitation to developers to start creating modules for the platform in a couple of months.
If the project becomes a consumer-level reality available to billions of users, the effect on the smartphone industry as a whole could be very interesting indeed to witness. For one, it could affect the rate at which manufacturers release new models. Assuming the prototype functions well enough to continue, and assuming the public launch is received well — which is still a long ways off — this could be a major win for consumers over the long haul.
Project Ara is an initiative by Google to develop a modular smartphone platform. The phone is made of swappable modules that can be customized by the user, such as the camera, battery, and processor. This allows users to upgrade or replace individual parts as needed. The endoskeleton provides the frame and electrical connections for modules. Project Ara aims to produce highly customizable, sustainable phones that generate less e-waste.
Project Ara is a development effort to create a modular hardware ecosystem--rivaling mobile apps in the pace and level of innovation--around smartphones, with the goal of delivering the mobile internet to the next 5 billion people.
Project Ara is Google's initiative to develop an open hardware platform for modular smartphones. Users will be able to populate a structural frame called an endoskeleton with interchangeable modules for functions like the display, battery, and camera. This will allow customization and upgrading of individual modules. The first prototype is scheduled for release in January 2015. Key aspects of the design include the modular structure, interchangeable modules, and an online marketplace for browsing and purchasing modules.
Project Ara is Google's modular smartphone platform that allows users to customize their device by adding or replacing hardware modules. It was originally developed by Motorola under Google but is now led by Google. The goal is to give users more flexibility to update parts instead of replacing the whole phone. The modular design consists of an endoskeleton frame with slots for interchangeable modules that provide functions like cameras, processors, and batteries. Challenges include ensuring reliable connections between modules and addressing issues of weight, size, and battery life.
The slide is about the new technology "ARA" that is being developed by Google. The concept of modular smartphone that is cheap and will be available soon in the market. This will create a history in the world of smartphones.
Project Ara is Google's initiative to develop an open hardware platform for highly modular smartphones. The platform will include a structural frame that holds interchangeable modules like displays, keyboards, and batteries chosen by the user. This will allow users to swap out malfunctioning modules or upgrade individual modules as innovations emerge. The first model is scheduled for release in January 2015 and aims to offer advantages like low prices, cheaper repairs, customization, and extended device lifespan through modular replacements.
Project Ara is an open-source modular smartphone concept that allows users to customize their device by attaching individual third-party components called "modules". The goal is to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to replace specific broken modules rather than the entire device. Project Ara smartphones are made of interchangeable modules that slide into an endoskeleton frame. Example modules include cameras, batteries, processors, and specialty additions like air quality sensors. The project aims to launch pilot programs in 2016 and release affordable basic devices for $100 that can be customized with a wide variety of third-party modules.
Project Ara is an initiative by Google to develop a modular smartphone platform that allows users to customize their device by swapping components. The platform includes an endoskeletal frame into which modules like cameras, batteries, and displays can be hot-swapped without powering off the phone. This allows longer device lifecycles and reduces electronic waste. Google plans developer conferences in 2014 and a commercial release of Project Ara phones in early 2015.
Project ARA is a modular smartphone concept that allows users to customize their device by adding or swapping out individual modules. It uses an endoskeleton frame and interchangeable modules. Key technologies that enable modularity include UniPro for high-speed communication between modules, M-PHY capacitive connectors that withstand frequent swapping, and electropermanent magnets that securely affix modules without continuous power drain. Potential advantages include lower costs, longer device lifespan through repairs/upgrades, and customization, but disadvantages are increased size/weight and connection reliability issues.
This presentation introduces the Phonebloks concept created by Dave Hakkens to reduce electronic waste by making smartphones modular and customizable. Phonebloks proposes a smartphone made of detachable third-party components called "Bloks" that can be replaced individually to upgrade functions, expand storage or replace damaged pieces. This would allow users to customize their device and potentially keep phones longer rather than throwing them out entirely when one component fails. However, some critics argue that the modular design could actually increase e-waste if users frequently replace blocks as new versions become available. The project is now being developed collaboratively with Motorola as "Project Ara".
This document provides an overview of Project Ara, Google's initiative to develop a modular and customizable smartphone platform. It discusses the history and goals of Project Ara, including allowing users to swap out individual modules as needed. The key components are an endoskeleton frame and interchangeable modules like displays, cameras and batteries. The technology behind it includes UniPro for module communication, M-PHY capacitive connections, and electro permanent magnets to securely attach modules. Potential advantages include lower costs from buying only needed modules, easier repairs and upgrades, while disadvantages may be larger size and issues from improper module combinations.
Project Ara is Google's modular smartphone project that allows users to customize their device by adding or replacing hardware modules. It consists of an endoskeleton frame onto which modules like displays, processors, batteries and more can be inserted or swapped out. This makes the phone customizable for each user's needs, reduces e-waste by replacing only parts that need upgrading, and opens the market to third-party module manufacturers. While it offers significant customization benefits, challenges include potential damage from module swapping, compatibility issues between certain module combinations, and higher prices of individual modules.
This document provides an overview of Project Ara, Google's initiative to develop a modular smartphone platform. The platform will include an endoskeleton frame to hold interchangeable modules like displays, keyboards, and batteries selected by the user. This will allow users to swap out malfunctioning modules or upgrade individual modules. The first model is scheduled for release in January 2015. Key aspects discussed include the hardware architecture with modules attached using electromagnetic pins, a common power bus, and a software architecture to manage module detection and control. Potential advantages are listed as lower prices, cheaper repairs, customization, and increased device lifespan, while disadvantages include potential increased size and testing challenges.
Project Ara. Its a project Google is working on. Its a complete new type of mobile phone. You can customize your mobile phone the way you want. Your device Your way.
Phonebloks is an open source modular phone concept created by David Hakkens to build more sustainable smartphones. A Phoneblok allows users to replace individual components like memory, graphics cards, or processors to upgrade functionality without replacing the entire device. This modular design aims to reduce electronic waste by making phones longer-lasting and customizable to a user's needs over time. Multiple companies could work together to develop individual modular components for Phonebloks, rather than single companies developing entire devices.
Phonebloks is a proposed modular smartphone design that allows users to customize their device by replacing individual components like the display, processor, battery, and more. This modular design aims to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to upgrade specific parts rather than replacing the entire phone. Some key advantages include customization, flexibility in pricing, and a more sustainable approach. However, challenges include reliance on partners, ensuring software compatibility across modular components, and low initial brand awareness relative to major smartphone manufacturers.
The document proposes the Phonebloks concept of a modular smartphone made of interchangeable components called "bloks". The central blok contains the CPU, and additional bloks provide features like cameras or speakers. Users can customize their phone by adding or replacing bloks as desired. This modular design aims to reduce electronic waste by allowing users to upgrade individual bloks rather than replacing entire phones. It could benefit users through customization and lower costs, and benefit manufacturers through new markets and improved public image. However, successfully introducing such a disruptive concept may be challenging in a market dominated by a few major companies.
This document discusses modular phones, also known as phone blocks. It defines modular phones as phones made of detachable hardware modules or blocks that can be customized by the user. The concept was created by designer David Hakkens and is being researched and developed by projects like Project Ara from Google and Motorola. Modular phones allow users to upgrade individual components like memory instead of replacing the entire device, reducing e-waste. The document outlines the purpose, advantages like customization and sustainability, and disadvantages like software compatibility challenges of modular phone technology.
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This document provides an overview of Blackberry Limited and their relaunch of the Blackberry smartphone. It discusses the company's history and introduction, their products over time including key models, and reasons for their failure to keep up with competitors. It then outlines their new marketing strategies, features and operating systems for the relaunch, including security enhancements, the Blackberry Hub and Dock. Their strengths, weaknesses and marketing approaches are also summarized.
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The document summarizes the top 8 features of the Blackberry smartphone. It highlights that the Blackberry has strong signal transmission capabilities, user-friendly functions, durable design and construction, high quality displays, customizations for different markets, support for various software and languages, automatic network switching, and a fast and secure typing experience with its QWERTY keyboard and SureType software. The Blackberry was pioneering in many areas and set new standards for smartphones when it was first introduced.
The Evolution of Cellphones: From Brick Phones to SmartphonesPLAYBEATS2
This presentation traces the evolution of cellphones from their humble beginnings as bulky "brick" phones to the sleek and powerful smartphones we use today. We'll explore the major milestones in cellphone history, from the first commercial mobile phone call in 1983 to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and beyond. Along the way, we'll examine the key features that have defined each generation of cellphones, including changes in design, size, battery life, and connectivity options. We'll also take a closer look at the impact that cellphones have had on society, from the way we communicate and work to the rise of social media and mobile gaming. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or just curious about how cellphones have evolved over time, this presentation is sure to offer some interesting insights and food for thought.
This document discusses the concept of modular smartphones and describes a student project on this topic. Modular smartphones allow users to independently upgrade or replace components like the main board, camera, battery, etc. to reduce e-waste and repair costs. The project aims to demonstrate how modular phones could promote creativity and reduce the "black box" nature of current smartphones. It reviews literature on modular phone designs and discusses the available and required resources for the project.
This document provides an overview of mobile phones and their history. It discusses the evolution of mobile phones from early radio telephone technology to modern smartphones. Key points include:
- Mobile phones originated from two-way radios in vehicles and were developed by Bell Labs in the 1940s-1960s.
- The first commercial mobile phone was introduced in 1983 by Motorola. Early mobile phones were large and installed in vehicles.
- Modern smartphones emerged in the 2000s, combining mobile phone and computing capabilities.
- Mobile phones now have numerous features like cameras, internet access, apps and more.
- Standardization on technologies like SIM cards, charging ports, and networks enabled global adoption of mobile phones.
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Announcements by Apple® and PayPal® have generated a frenzy and massive speculation within the industry about how they will change retail payments.
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- BlackBerry smartphones were once very popular due to their keyboards but failed to adapt to the rise of touchscreen phones like the iPhone. They stuck to physical keyboards even as touchscreens became more popular.
- To survive, BlackBerry needs to revitalize its brand with new, high-quality products like an 11-inch tablet that provides free movies or new business apps. It also needs to improve its hardware and make its PlayBook compatible with Android apps without extra steps.
- BlackBerry's solutions include attracting customers through premium devices with new features, making Android app compatibility seamless, and ensuring its new OS delivers top performance on high-quality hardware.
Project Ara is Google's initiative to create a modular smartphone platform. The phone consists of an endoskeleton frame with slots that house interchangeable modules. Modules come in different sizes and functions, like the front screen module or rear camera module, and are secured to the frame using electro permanent magnets. The goal is to make phones more customizable, upgradable, and sustainable by allowing users to replace individual components rather than the entire device.
The document proposes a mobile phone that can run two operating systems concurrently to address the common problem of users needing access to applications on multiple platforms. The proposed solution involves a phone with dual hardware that would allow running Apple iOS and Android simultaneously without rebooting. Prototypes were developed including dual SIM and expandable memory. While licensing Apple's OS may be challenging, the concept provides convenience for users and could appeal to Apple by expanding iPhone platform sales and collaborating with Google against other mobile OSes. Future technology may make such a dual-OS device smaller and more power efficient.
1. Seminar Report Phonebloks
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ABSTRACT
Phonebloks is an innovative idea created by David Hakkens from Netherlands
that uses modular technology in order to build a cellular device that will be
longer lasting in the hopes of sustaining our technological dependency without
producing excessive amounts of waste. A Phonebloks is an open source project
for customers around the world to develop the sustainable and adaptable
technology devices that they need.
A Phoneblok comprised of two terms “Phone” and “Blok”. A Blok is the
base. A phone is the combined parts of the machinery required by a customer. So,
a phonebloks is the new generation mobile phone which can be modified to its full
extent.
Concept of phonebloks works similar to desktop available in the market
i.e., for instance if we are having low memory on our phone we can simple
upgrade the specific component that holds the memory of the device, if we want
heavy graphics then we can replace an unused component with a graphic card
and if we need more computation power then there is no need to replace entire
phone we can straightforward replace the processor component.
In a nutshell, a Phoneblok is modular, much flexible, provides much
functionality and has the fullest advantage of its features to the user. Multiple
companies work on single product unlike single company working on multiple
products and hence deliver the purest product to the customer.
2. Seminar Report Phonebloks
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgement 3
Abstract 4
Contents 5
Chapter- 1. Introduction 6
1.1 Definition 6
1.2 Concept of Phonebloks 7
1.3 History 7
Chapter- 2.Need for Phonebloks 8
2.1 How Phonebloks Are Better 8
2.2 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats 8
Chapter- 3.Phonebloks 10
3.1 Purpose Of Phonebloks 11
3.2 Modular Technology 11
3.3 How Modular Technology Is Used In Phonebloks 12
3.4 Reasons For Replacing The Bloks 13
3.5 Components In Phonebloks 14
Chapter- 4.Current Research Work 16
Chapter- 5. Advantages and Disadvantages 19
5.1 Advantages 19
5.2 Disadvantages 20
5.3 Current Setup 21
Chapter-7.Conclusion 22
References 22
3. Seminar Report Phonebloks
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CHAPTER-1
INTRODUCTION
Phoneblok is a new generation Smartphone. A Phone is nothing but a phone comprising of
blocks. Today electronic waste is increasing day to day due to many reasons like the device
may be slow, damaged or a new device into the market. By considering this damage to the
world, the concept of Phonebloks was given by a Netherland’s innovator David Hakkens. It is a
new generation Smartphone mobile phone which can be modified to its full extent.
1.1 Definition
“Phonebloks” – the name comprises of two words. They are “Phone” and “Block”. A Phone is
normal mobile phone that is used to communicate with others using wireless communication
and a Blok is a component which can be used for a specific purpose. The Blocks are normally
used for display, audio, RAM, memory, CPU and on. A Phonebloks is new generation
Smartphone that uses modular technology which is more flexibility and can be up to date with
the latest technology. The unused blocks can be replaced with the useful resources. Instead, the
phone will be made of multiple parts that can be exchanged and substituted independently
instead of as a whole device. By attaching individual third-party components (called "Bloks")
to a main board, a user would create a personalized Smartphone. These blocks can be replaced
at will if they break or the user wishes to upgrade.
Phonebloks is a revolutionary device employing a smart base that is compatible with
detachable blocks. Allowing the user to easily upgrade hardware and attach those components
that suite their lifestyle and changing daily needs. The company will launch a free collaborative
innovation platform for consumers and developers to engage in creating new blocks this is the
first smart phone company that openly involves consumers in both hardware and software
development.
In the similar way phonebloks aims to turn your phone into a complete different phone
which will always be latest. You can upgrade your phone with any latest or high capacity part
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anytime and anywhere. Like the appstore that is available online i.e., over the internet to
download software in our Smartphone, A Blokstore will be available where one can upgrade
his old Blok with the new. All the blocks are available in most desired shape and structure. The
blocks can be manufactured by any manufacturer that means these blocks are not manufacturer
specific.
1.2 Concept of Phonebloks
Phonebloks would consist of a main board onto which Bloks could be snapped on by the user
like Lego bricks. Each Blok is responsible for a unique function of the phone, much as
a desktop computer has a distinct sound card, graphics card, processor, monitor, and power
supply. As a result, instead of replacing the entire phone when it becomes obsolete or broken,
one could simply replace the defective or performance-limiting part. If the consumer wanted a
better camera, for example, he or she could swap their small generic camera Blok for a larger
zoom camera from a manufacturer such as Nikon or Canon instead of buying a phone with a
better camera. In theory, this would lead to fewer people throwing away their phones and
contributing to the ever-increasing problem of electronic waste. Smartphones based on the
Phonebloks system would be sold part by part, as well as in starter sets. When assembled, the
phone would have a screen covering the entirety of the front, volume buttons and headphone
jacks along the outer edge, and Bloks clicked into the back, forming a rectangular block shape.
1.3History
David Hakkens from Netherlands has created one of the most revolutionary concepts of the
21st century, known as Phonebloks. His idea is that we can reduce a huge amount of electronic
waste by simply upgrading individual components, or “Bloks” of our phones, rather than
discarding the entire phone if something breaks or becomes obsolete. This in turn will reduce
electronic waste, conserve natural resources, and protect consumers at the same time. He has
made the Phonebloks concept open-source, so any group such as PhoneBloks.org (that’s us)
can take the idea to the next level, and produce a working, viable Phonebloks phone. A user
would create a personalized Smartphone. These Bloks can be replaced at will if they break or
the user wishes to upgrade.
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CHAPTER-2
NEED FOR PHONEBLOKS
As the electronic market changes every day, it has increased a lot of e-waste. For a single
upgrade, we need to change the whole phone. Precise shape and structure leads to
inconvenience to some customers. Mobile needs to be flexible. It must only have the
customer’s required features. For all the above needs David Hakkens has given the solution
with his innovative idea Phonebloks.
2.1 How phonebloks are better
A Phonebloks is better compared to the Smartphones available in the market because
It is green.
A Modular Smartphone.
Customization to its fitness.
Mobile flexibility.
It can be up-to-date.
Easy to upgrade individual components.
Open source platform.
2.2 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
2.2.1 Strengths
Customizable - The Phoneblok platform allows the consumer to customize a
Smartphones to suit the highly specific demands of their lifestyle
Strong partners - Strategic partnership with Motorola and Google in modular phone
technology
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Green and sustainable product - The open modular platform has the ability to upgrade
with biodegradable Bloks that can reduce e-waste.
2.2.2 Weaknesses
Software compatibility - Necessity to develop cross-functional software that is
compatible to modular hardware components
2.2.3 Opportunities
Always up-to-date technology - Bloks are easily customizable and upgradable.
Friendly to new and upcoming technology - Modular pieces allow integration between
the phone and modular technology devices, allowing hardware to be shared between
devices
Points of difference to Apple and Samsung - Phonebloks is a white box, not only in
regard to software but also hardware; flexible, sustainable, cheaper, innovative, and
customer driven
Open-source - Open-source technology allows for a unique continuous customer
interaction in product development
Blok store and global delivery system - Online access to purchase and exchange Bloks
in the online store.
2.2.4 Threats
Design attractiveness - Customers are holding all the power in regard to design and
therefore this could be an issue whether its physical appearance is appealing to the
majority of customers.
Threat of substitutes - The current smart devices offerings on the market are substitutes
to the modular.
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CHAPTER-3
PHONEBLOKS
Phonebloks uses modular technology in order to build a cellular device that will be longer
lasting in the hopes of sustaining our technological dependency without producing excessive
amounts of waste. Instead, the phone will be made of multiple parts that can be exchanged and
substituted independently instead of as a whole device. Consumers will be able to customize
their device and support different brands depending on what they are looking for in a phone.
Phonebloks aims to turn your phone into a complete different phone which will always
be latest. You can upgrade your phone with any latest or high capacity part anytime and
anywhere. Like the appstore that is available online i.e., over the internet to download software
in our Smartphone, A Blokstore will be available where one can upgrade his old Blok with the
new. All the blocks are available in most desired shape and structure. The blocks can be
manufactured by any manufacturer that means these blocks are not manufacturer specific.
3.1 Phonebloks
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3.6 Purpose of Phonebloks
3.1.1 Stop the Waste
Electronic waste is a growing problem for a world in which the daily dependency and
fascination with electronics is demanding and constant technological progress. When outdated
or broken electronic products (such as phones, computers, VHS players, etc.) are thrown away,
the waste is considered "e-waste". As more products are produced and distributed, more
products are thrown away.
3.1.2 Customizable Mobile Phone
The main purpose of the phonebloks is get upgraded from the block level of a mobile
phone instead of replacing to a new mobile phone. An online Blok Store will be made available
where customers can build their own phone, exchange and review Bloks with other customers,
and purchase accessories. In order to appeal to all budgets, three distinct models appealing to
multiple income segments will be made available during the selection process. Afterwards, the
customer will be able to make adjustments to his base-product to modify it according to his/her
specific needs. Afterwards, the total price will be displayed and the purchasing/shipping
process will be conducted.
3.2 Modular Technology
Modular design in phonebloks hardware is the same as modular design in other things
(e.g. cars, fridges, even furniture). The idea is to build Phonebloks with easily replaceable parts
that use standardized interfaces. This technique allows you to upgrade certain aspects of the
computer easily without having to buy another computer altogether.
A computer is actually one of the best examples of modular design - typical modules
are power supply units, processors, main boards, graphics cards, hard drives, optical drives, etc.
All of these parts should be easily interchangeable as long as you use parts that support the
same standard interface as the part you replaced.
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3.3 How Modular Technology is used in Phonebloks
Modular technology is used to get done with a new mobile phone “Phonebloks”. In
Phonebloks, every hardware component called Blok. The Bloks usually are screen, wifi,
memory, RAM, camera etc. Every Blok consists of four pins which are in connection with
other Bloks by using base as intermediate to transmit signals. All the Bloks are put together
with the help of two screws at the bottom of the mobile phone. The Bloks can be upgraded with
the help of Blokstore available in desired shapes.
3.3.1 Bloks used in Phonebloks
3.3.2 Screws used to put Bloks together
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3.4 Reasons for replacing the Bloks
The Bloks in this Smartphones are replaced because of following reasons, if
Bloks are damaged.
Any upgrade is required.
Broken Bloks.
Unused components.
If every is stored is online then there is no need of any internal memory and we require more
battery backup.
3.4.1 Upgrading of Battery
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If you are interested in taking photograph then you can upgrade to a better camera without
replacing the entire device.
3.4.2 Upgrading to better camera
3.5 Components in Phonebloks
The main components of Phonebloks are
Base
Blok
3.5.1 Base
The base is like spinal card in human being. It is responsible for connecting one Blok to
all the remaining Bloks. All the Bloks are injected into the base with the help of the pins
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present in each Blok. The Blok is connected to the Base and the Base connects to everything
over the Base.
3.5.1.2 The Base
3.5.2 Bloks
Bloks are the hardware required to make entire phone. These are placed over the Base
to communicate with all other hardware with the help of Base.
3.5.2.2 Bloks
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CHAPTER-4
CURRENT RESEARCH WORK
Motorola late Monday unveiled Project Ara, a hardware platform that would allow
consumers to build their own Smartphones by snapping modular parts into a frame. The
Libertyville, Ill.-based Company, owned by Google Inc., has been working on Project Ara for
more than a year and is opening the design process to the public.
Project Ara marks Motorola's most ambitious effort yet in customizable mobile devices,
a vision it introduced with this summer's launch of the Moto X. That Smartphone lets
consumers choose from an array of colors for the device's back plate and external hardware
accents.
With Project Ara, the ability to customize the phone extends into the display, keyboard,
camera, battery and processor. A shutterbug might opt for a high-definition display and a
camera with lots of megapixels, while a frequent business traveler might choose a battery with
extended life. A modular design also means a Smartphone owner who wants to upgrade or
replace a single part - a sluggish processor or a cracked screen, for example - could do so
without buying a new device.
Motorola's goal is "to give you the power to decide what your phone does, how it looks,
where and what it's made of, how much it costs, and how long you'll keep it," the company's
Advanced Technology and Projects group said in a blog post. Motorola declined to comment
beyond the post.
Project Ara's modular phones appear far from hitting store shelves; the initiative has to
overcome a number of engineering and design challenges before becoming reality.
Motorola is pushing forward by partnering with Phonebloks, a modular mobile phone
concept created by Netherlands-based designer Dave Hakkens. He posted a YouTube video last
month explaining his idea and generated significant online buzz, with the video garnering
nearly 17 million views.
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As Hakkens explained in a follow-up video on the Phonebloks website, he talked with a
number of companies and discovered that Motorola was already working on a similar concept.
The two groups joined forces, though Hakkens said Phonebloks will stay independently funded.
Motorola said in its blog post that it will tap the Phonebloks community for feedback.
The company also has hired Dscout, a Chicago technology firm, to manage an ongoing
consumer research program.
Volunteers who sign up online to be "research scouts" will be asked to complete a series
of tasks, such as answering questions and snapping photos. Responses are submitted through a
mobile application.
Tens of thousands of participants have already signed up - about twice the number of
volunteers that typically complete projects with Dscout, said Chief Executive Michael
Winnick. The Ara program is expected to run for about a year, and Dscout volunteers might get
first crack at early prototypes of the modular phone.
Dscout has worked with Motorola before, but the Ara project stands out in its "level of
ambition and scale," said Winnick, adding that it also is "very rare for a large organization to be
out there and open" about new product development.
Chris Jansen, a Chicagoan who works in information security and saw the Phonebloks
YouTube video, signed up to be a research scout for Ara. He was drawn to "designing a phone
in an entirely new way based on community feedback, especially because it takes the idea of
'you can upgrade what's important to you' out of the control of the carriers."
The Ara project also attracted Alex Pedenko, co-founder of Chicago-based startup
Swingbyte. He used to build his own PCs and is intrigued by the potential to customize a
mobile phone with components such as an air-quality sensor or barometer.
"It opens the door for third-party accessories that people haven't even thought of right
now," said Pedenko, whose company makes a gadget that clips onto a golf club and collects
data on a player's swing.
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Technology companies have experimented with modular mobile devices in the past.
Handspring, the maker of the Palm Pilot personal digital assistant, offered modules such as an
MP3 player or GPS unit that plugged into the gadget like a video game cartridge.
Project Ara envisions components fitting into a frame called the endoskeleton, Motorola
said in its blog post.
The concept faces hurdles in consumer adoption and engineering. For starters, the
ability to choose a battery or processor might appeal only to a narrow technical crowd.
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CHAPTER-5
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
5.1 ADVANTAGES:
Customer Empowerment –
o Phonebloks allows the consumer to interact and give feedback on the mobile
phone they want through our integrated online customer platform
Customizable -
o online platform allows the consumer to customize a Smartphone to suit the highly
o Specific demands of their lifestyle
Flexibility in price –
o The modularity of the product allows it to compete in the lower- and higher-priced
o Smartphone segments
Strong partners –
o Strategic partnership with Motorola and Google in modular phone technology
Innovative Product –
o Creative collaboration between Smartphones producers and customers
o continuity of unlimited creative input
Green and sustainable product –
o The open modular platform has the ability to upgrade with biodegradable ,
o Bloks that can reduce e-waste
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5.2 DISADVANTAGES
Partner-reliant business model–
o Product development is reliant on current partners and probability to
attract
o new ones
Software compatibility –
o Necessity to develop cross-functional software that is compatible to
modular
o hardware components
Low brand awareness –
o Many smart phone users are not aware of Phonebloks and its benefits
due to little
o advertising
Financial and legal stability –
o Reliant on crowd-funding and Motorola as well as intellectual property
o protection hurdles with existing patents
Economies of scale and scope –
o Phonebloks is a start-up company starting in a highly competitive
industry
o which gives the company the disadvantage of economies of scale and -
scope
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CHAPTER-6
CONCLUSION
Phonebloks is a good way to prevent e-waste. It provides much functionality in a
compact manner. Phonebloks are much flexible as compared to the legacy phones
has the fullest advantage of its features to the user. Multiple companies work on
single product unlike single company working on multiple products and hence
deliver the purest product to the customer. Multiple companies work on single
product unlike single company.
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