[Arm-netbook] The dream of Ara

[Allan Mwenda]

With a little ingenuity you could probably make a EOMA50 phablet size smartphone  

On January 12, 2017 2:47:31 PM GMT+03:00, David Boddie <david at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
>A bit off-topic, perhaps, but this article illustrates the difficulties
>that
>large corporations have with long term visions, especially in cases
>where
>sustainability has to compete with profitability:
>
>http://venturebeat.com/2017/01/10/inside-project-ara-googles-revolutionary-
>modular-phone/
>
>Found via OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/29600/The_dream_of_Ara
>
>I think the drive to focus on profits and what "consumers" supposedly
>want in
>corporate environments tends to undermine projects like these, even
>when the
>work is being done in part of an organisation that is supposed to be
>shielded
>from commercial concerns. Because conventional wisdom suggests that the
>public won't buy modular phones, no modular phones are made, even if
>there
>might be a demand for them if they were made. Indeed, just the
>availability
>of modular phones might drive demand for them.
>
>This suggests a lack of imagination on the industry's part which I
>think is
>shown by the example of a phone module given in the article: a tiny
>"aquarium". Very interesting, but not really something that would sell
>the
>practical benefits of modularity. Of course, you need examples of what
>the
>system can do, but it's often the case that the most interesting ideas
>come
>from third parties. Just getting the devices out there with open specs
>and
>documentation would be enough to find the interesting use cases.
>
>Anyway, this is only sort of relevant here, but I hope it was thought
>provoking. ;-)
>
>David
>
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