The modular smartwatch project took a year to rejigger itself for 2018 while Planet Computers is hoping for some success with its technostalgia product.
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More than two years after wrapping up a very successful crowdfunding campaign, the world's first modular smartwatch is on display at CES 2018 as open sales begin.
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So far, BLOCKS has raised $1,420,000 of its $250,000 goal. The modular smartwatch project is the first of its kind. It’s also the second crowdfunding project active right now focused on modular design in mobile technology. But while that project goes through a bit of a slow drip, BLOCKS is trying to really stretch its goals here.Backers blew past the project’s original goal in 56 minutes and the threefold ...
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Last week we first learned of the BLOCKS modular smartwatch, allowing users to marry a core watchface with a number of feature-packed links to add new functionality: one for extra flash storage, one for NFC connectivity, one for a secondary battery, and so on. And with an open platform for those modules, independent devs are free to craft their own add-ons to deliver new features the BLOCKS team hasn’t even dreamed of. Today, the Kickstarter crowdfunding effort for BLOCKS finally opens, giving ...
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To mod or not to mod? If you prefer the former, you’d have probably known about what are Puzzlephone, Project Ara and Fairphone by now. Indeed, the slab smartphone form factor does make switching pieces in and out for a do-it-yourself device much easier. Now, imagine what the heck you’d have to do to make a smartwatch happen on your own ...
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