Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group has released a Module Developers Kit (MDK) for Project Ara, its forthcoming modular smartphone, providing reference implementations for various design features.
The ATAP describes Ara as follows:
The Ara platform consists of an on-device packet-switched data network based on the MIPI UniPro protocol stack, a flexible power bus, and an elegant industrial design that mechanically unites the modules with an endoskeleton.
The MDK goes on to note that the success of the modular smartphone concept is dependent on the development of a rich ecosystem of modular blocks that users can pick and choose from:
Read also:
Google gives its DIY smartphone, Ara, a developers' bible (VentureBeat)
Google Releases Developer Kit for Project Ara Modular Smartphone (Gizbot)
Google Project Ara modular smartphone release date expected for early 2015 (Expert Reviews)
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