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Google Unveils Build-Your-Own-Phone Plan

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Discarded mobile phones represent a large and growing stream of waste, but one handset maker hopes a new kind of phone will stem the tide and offer users more flexibility. In the United States alone, over 129 million mobile devices were discarded in 2009, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Google-owned Motorola on Monday, announced “Project Ara,” which they say will create a “free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones.” The company says the goal is ...

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