I'm quite proud of the fact I predicted the smartphone a good half a decade before the likes of Apple 's iPhone became popular. Even before the likes of Microsoft 's Windows Mobile and Blackberry OS ...

Everyone’s chatting about the latest iPhones, but the Apple devices are not the only smartphones taking the Internet by storm this week. The other device would be Phonebloks, a proposed customizable ...

What is more important to you in a mobile phone, looks or upgradability? If you picked the latter, then you’ll probably get excited about a new phone concept called Phonebloks. It’s a modular ...

Rather than throwing out an entire phone when something breaks or you want to upgrade, the Phonebloks concept fits together like Lego so you can swap pieces out as needed. One of the most annoying ...

We live in a throwaway society, where products often aren't made to last long, and generally aren't easily fixable. Smartphones are a case in point, with the average handset being replaced by its ...

Rather than throwing out an entire smartphone when something breaks or you want to upgrade, the Phonebloks concept fits together like Lego so you can swap pieces out as needed. One of the most ...

Motorola (GOOG) will partner with 3D Systems (DDD) for manufacturing a "phonebloks"-like device. 3D Systems (DDD) Motorola will partner with 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) to develop Project Ara, a line of ...

Motorola has taken the wraps off Ara, a project to create a smartphone with easily interchangeable parts that could, if successful, revolutionize a device market dominated by Apple and Samsung. The ...

Imagine a smartphone that could last a lifetime. Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has, and he calls the concept Phonebloks. The modular smartphone allows users to customize and upgrade certain parts -- or ...

Meet Phonebloks, a phone which lets you control the phone's hardware, allowing users to pick and choose the parts of the phone according to their lifestyle. The phone is made up of blocks which plug ...

Last week, we got the rather disappointing news that Google's Project Ara, the modular smartphone, would not have swappable display, CPU, or RAM modules, crippling the ‘upgradeable' selling point of ...