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by jshevek 12y ago
From what I've heard, project ara was started by motorolla before phoneblocks announce their idea. Motorolla was working in secrecy, and this work transferred to google when google bought motorolla. When the phoneblocks people became
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by jshevek 12y ago
>> even though it can't by definition ever be state of the art Is 'state of the art' a synonym for 'slim' ? When I think 'state of the art' I think "most advanced hardware". In theory, if A
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by jshevek 12y ago
>> Today most servers are built with the ATX form factor in mind since dipping into the sweet cheap ATX form factor components can bring big savings. Exactly. If Ara succeeds, there is a great deal of potential for the ecosystem to
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by jshevek 12y ago
You do realize that upgrading the cpu on an ara phone is easier than swapping an sd card. Compare this to upgrading the cpu on a computer.
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by jshevek 12y ago
> I suppose it might be nice to upgrade the camera, Yes, exactly. Every aspect can be upgraded, at the best time to upgrade that part. I've upgraded entire devices in the past simply to make one component better (switching to high
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by jshevek 12y ago
It's interesting that a lot of the naysayers also seem be iphone lovers. I wonder if there is a degree of 'NIH" going on. Or, more accurately, 'not invented by my beloved company'.
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by jshevek 12y ago
Its really funny to read all the criticism against ara over the last year. People keep saying X is impossible. Y will never happen. They are not going to be able to do Z, and this will thwart the whole project. And yet that ATAP group
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by jshevek 12y ago
I would love a modular tablet. And I've love for them to eventually allow modules to swap with everything, like tvs and professional cameras and laptops.
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by jshevek 12y ago
Look into how far they are already, and the relationships they have already formed with manufacturers. It's pretty much a sure bet that this is going to ship. Now, whether there is enough interest to keep it alive is another thing alto
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by jshevek 12y ago
You really going to try to bring in the guy who said that small tablets and large phones were a non-starter? Today? Without irony?
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by jshevek 12y ago
>> Apple says they don't have a specific backdoor anymore (!), and they won't let you audit anything. Yes. Its amazing to me how eager some people are to take a corporation's spokepeople at their word.
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by jshevek 12y ago
I agree with you, but I would add that: if any power has the key to your phone's backdoor, there is a chance of the key getting into the NSA's hands.
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by jshevek 12y ago
Maybe I don't understand the problem, but it seems to me that it would be very simple for apple to prevent the popup messages at their discretion, since they write and control the software that causes the popup to happen in the first
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by jshevek 12y ago
>> This is the biggest part of the problem that is left ambiguous, namely because you have to make assumptions about the liar in order to succeed. I don't understand why the author then proceeds to outline three separate types of