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Project ARA: Un dispositivo modular que vio la luz...pero como prototipo #ProjectARA

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ace unos meses atrás en nuestro sitio web te comentábamos acerca del nuevo invento que lanzaba Google, Project ARA, una idea que tenía por finalidad crear un dispositivo personalizable, donde el usuario tendría la capacidad de cambiar distintas partes para potenciar su terminal, claramente no funcionó.

Google a través del Project ARA venía a impulsar la revolución de los…

It’s been a few day since Project ARA’s promo video has been out, on my personal Facebook I can see it blowing up as not only my non-tech-savvy friends are sharing it even 9GAG is sharing it. Personally I’m really excited for this to come out. But, today I’ve bumped into a post on Android Authority and I have a few things to express..

http://www.androidauthority.com/parts-modular-mobiles-really-next-big-thing-692437/

It discuss about the current market movement including LG and Motorolla’s rumor. And the editor said that there is concern about the modular device itself loses its meaning when we have to change device so fast due to the speed of the growing processing power of our phone. I have 2 things to push here.

1. Processing power don’t make much difference

On Nexus devices running stock Android or homebrew custom ROM I only encounter a small amount of lag on my 3 years old Nexus 5. Lag would be a problem that don’t even exists in new gen devices. I highly doubt the need to change a frame with old processor so often as we changed our phones every 2 years till now.

2. It’s a modular device

As you can read, it’s modular device which means that you can simply take out all your old parts from the old frame and pop it into the new frame. Credit to the person that made me realize this point in the comment section of the article mentioned above.