Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone – itself inspired by Phonebloks – is still very much in development, with a workable modular handset not likely to appear until next year at the earliest (although Google has announced a developer conference for the concept this April).But the concept of an open hardware platform that supports device modularity is already inspiring others to apply the block-by-block approach to another category of device: namely, wearables.
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Infographic: Google building a modular cell phone for those who can’t afford one
