Project Ara, the Google adds Tegra K1 and Marvell Processors

Project Ara, the Google adds Tegra K1 and Marvell Processors

The modular smartphone which you can build yourself with that hardware you want, is long in Google's plans. Some months ago when it announced that Rockchip will be one of the companies that produce processors for Project Ara, and now announced its official partnership with two more, the Marvell and Nvidia.

The Google and Quanta, which is working to build the hardware, created two separate prototypes. One is based on Marvel PXA1928 processor and the other uses the Tegra K1 of Nvidia, which indeed we saw at this year's Nexus 9 tablet that HTC is made on behalf of Google. Unfortunately, Google does not show us any of the two yet.

To say that the idea of modular telephone born from Motorola and Phonebloks, then passed into the hands of Google when in 2012 acquired Motorola Mobility in 2012. Next month we expect announcements from Google about the progress of the Project Ara, but and when sales will begin. The aim is to keep low the price of materials and the basic model around 50-100 dollars.

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Project Ara app, Build Your Own Modular Smartphone

Project Ara app, Build Your Own Modular Smartphone

The Project Ara is the most ambitious project on which he worked for a long time Google, today announced the first commercially available modular smartphone called Spiral 2. He also announced that by the end of 2015 will be available approximately 30 modules of which will can you choose what you want and make your own ideal mobile.

Along with the Spiral 2 will release a special application, Project Ara Configurator which will help design the mobile you want, before you buy. You can see that it is the design of before getting your hands on, but it will look like when for example you decide that you want to change a bit as the camera. It is something like MotoMaker app, but only stays in color, design and capacity. You can choose from CPU, camera, speakers and screen up.

The release is expected in 2015 with the modular Spiral 2, and it will definitely be something very interesting.

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Project Ara Spiral 2 Prototype

Google announced that Spiral 2 will be the first commercially available modular smartphone derived from the research and development center of Project Ara aimed at creating a new class of electronic devices with detachable parts that the user chooses what to incorporate (eg another camera).

The main trunk of the Project Ara Spiral 2 consists of screen HD, Marvell PXA1928 processors and NVIDIA Tegra K1, Camera 5 Megapixel, battery and speaker, also light and proximity sensors, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G modem and microUSB port.

With its release, the Spiral 2 will be available 11 individual modules while towards the end of this year will increase to 20 to 30. The next Spiral 3 (shown in the first photo) is 4G and according to Google will not has nothing to envy from a hi-end smartphone.

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