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Google's Project Ara - a modular phone design that has upgradable hardware parts is said to be the next big thing in the world of smartphones. The modular phone  was in a experimental state throughout  last year and Google hopes to launch the fruit of its labor in about a year (hopefully) . So far , we got to a taste of how a modular phone works thanks to some early demo's ,but now Google's ATAP division (Advanced technology and projects) have successfully tested out the Toshiba UniPro switch and bridge ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) which are used to connect modules to the rest of the device and so far the results are positive .Modular parts such as the processor - which are said to be sourced from Nvidia (Nvidia Tegra K1) and Marvell (PXA1928) are said to be compatible while companies like RockChip will get onboard with the next stage of development . Google hopes to unveil the 3rd generation of the Spiral modular phone (Spiral 3) in 2015 . Writt...

Project Tango was Google's new attempt to create a virtual measuring and object recognition system using multiple sensor data . The virtual geometry project , which lead to the production of the Google Project Tango Tablet meant that keen developers and interested parties could see it in action for real . The Project Tango tablet is now available on Google's playstore , like most new arrivals , the tablet is still listed as un-available but at $1024 the tablet which sells with No warranty or refunds is probably not going to appeal to to general consumers as the device is mostly aimed at the scientific/advanced developer community  . The tablet packs a Nvidia K1 processor with Denver 64bit architecture . The device has 4GB of RAM  ,128GB of Built in Storage and a 7" 1080p display . a 2Micrometer RGB-IR sensor with 4mp and a 1mp IR sensor as secondary .The system runs on a custom version of Android 4.4.4 Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - GSMArena