Company releasing modular Android phones - design your own

http://www.neowin.net/news/create-an-android-smartphone-to-your-liking

by AndrewDucker • 16 years ago

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aw3c2• 16 years ago

Call me negative, but I am certain it will either be vaporware (never be released) or a failure like the WeTab.

dejb2• 16 years ago

Yep. Decent idea though.

Tyrannosaurs3• 16 years ago

You don't think it's a bit niche?

I can see a lot of geeks being into the idea but I can't see it being mass market. The question will be will the geeks be willing to pay the premium that would make this workable with a smaller customer base.

I suspect not when there are perfectly good Android phones out there.

NonOrthodox• 16 years ago

One day we couldn't customize computers, and now we can, I can't wait for the day I can customize my phone with the specs I choose, just like I did to my notebook.

Maybe it won't be this company who will succeed at doing it, maybe there will be lots of companies doing it, but I can certainly see that someday we will have this kind of option. I just hope it happens sooner than later.

runjake• 16 years ago

Some day.

Look, aw3c2 wasn't saying there weren't ever going to be custom phones, but this company's been doing an awful lot of press work, only having a Photoshop mockup and website to show for it.

The picture of the circuit board isn't even a mobile phone circuit. The company's makes no mention of prototypes or any hardware engineering. I would expect to see this stuff for a company shipping Q1 2011.

Zak2• 16 years ago

Where's the option for a 5-row keyboard, and a trackball? This is conceptually cool, and I think the first Android phone available with a gig of memory, but it doesn't have any of the options I really want.

bmelton• 16 years ago

Agreed. The only option that keeps me from buying all the coolest phones is the lack of a tactile keyboard. I don't like typing on a screen.

That I can choose other options is neat, but really, it's more novelty than anything else. When they build an equally pluggable phone with a keyboard platform, then I'll be good to go.

Zak2• 16 years ago

I'd also like options for lens quality on the camera (or some way to tell). I don't think any phone cameras have the optics to merit more than 3 or 5 megapixels, but some are offering 12. I guess megapixels sell, but I just want decent looking photos.

pkulak• 16 years ago

They say quad-band, but which 4 bands? You need to know that in the US, depending on if you want to go with AT&T or T-Mobile.

Company releasing modular Android phones - design your own

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