Actually it looks like the reason their dev kit includes so much in the "base" is exactly the opposite reason: > “The key here,” Camargo says, “is to develop t

Actually it looks like the reason their dev kit includes so much in the "base" is exactly the opposite reason: > “The key here,” Camargo says, “is to develop the functionality you don’t get on your smartphone today. I’ll give you the smartphone, so you don’t have to worry about it.” They are including an entire phone as the "base" in order to get developers to create new and interesting modules for it. Everyone and anyone can make a battery, or an SD card reader, they want to see what other things people can come up with.