Motorola's "Project Ara" Will Allow Users To Customize Their Smartphones 112
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.
Re:Remember when (Score:3, Informative)
You can still open the Apple computers too. He's just too lazy to do it.
not unless you buy their proprietary screwdriver for the weird pentalobe screws they use on all of their products.
Re: Remember when (Score:5, Informative)
You shouldn't be allowed to post on Slashdot if you are stopped by the wrong screwdriver