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"The Fairphone is a modular handset designed with repairability and ethical sourcing of its materials as headline features. It sold 60,000 units. Amazingly, for what sounds like a nerd-phone, almost half of those buyers had never owned a smartphone before. Now the Fairphone 2 is launching, and with a totally-new, in-house design. The new phone is even easier to repair, and because it was wholly designed by the FairPhone team, its supply chain is even more responsible than ever. The Fairphone is thicker than the latest iPhone or Samsung flagship, but that's the point. Instead of packing everything into a tiny case and keeping it there with glue, the Fairphone is designed to be taken apart. The lightweight magnesium frame supports modules that can be easily replaced by the user. "We have designed it with an aim to last three to five years, looking at making it robust and modular-for repairability," says Fairphone's chief communications officer, Tessa Wernink. "Obviously how long it lasts depends quite heavily on the user, so what we as a company are doing is offering an ecosystem around the phone that supports long-lasting use, first-hand or second-hand." Inside the case (itself one of several options) you'll find the core unit, containing all the chips and radios; a replaceable battery pack; a display that can be snapped off and replaced without any tools (not even a screwdriver); a receiver unit, which contains the front camera, sensors; the headset connector and microphones; a speaker/vibrator unit; and a camera module. These modules are designed to balance manufacturing complexity with repairability. For instance, the display comes as a standalone unit, but less-vulnerable components are bundled into one module. The camera, which people are most likely to upgrade as better versions become available, is also housed in its own module. That way you don't need to toss out your whole phone just to get a better camera. "In fact, the motto from the maker mo

Cada vez somos más los docentes que usamos en nuestro trabajo los smartphone o las tabletas para realizar la gestión de la clase. He observado entre los compañer@s del claustro virtual que muchos de esos dispositivos son los teléfonos iPhone y las tabletas iPad. Es por esta razón por la que me

Este post muestra qué aplicaciones de los productos de apple (ipad, ipod) se pueden utilizar en la clase, los clasifica por edades o niveles de aprendizaje

Herramientas que facilitan la redacción y mantención de un blogg. Estoy encantada con la recomendación de dragon dictation. La acabo de probarla transcipción y funciona de maravilla en el iphone. ¿Alguien conoce algo parecido para android?

Aunque benchprep es un servicio de preparación para algunos exámenes del ámbito académico en Estados Unidos, la idea puede aplicarse en cualquier país, mostrando una forma moderna de acceder a contenido, resolver tests, registrar resultados y monitorizar avances. Este preparador de cursos incluye también una aplicación para iPad, Android y iPhone que sincroniza contenidos y tests de la misma forma que lo hacen otras soluciones, como Evernote, ayudando a los estudiantes a tener bajo control todos los datos desde cualquier lugar.

Muy buena herramienta web para imprimir textos sin distracciones. Sumado a la posibilidad de imprimir PDFs a 2, 4 o más páginas por cara... un gol.

Muy buena herramienta web para imprimir textos sin distracciones. Sumado a la posibilidad de imprimir PDFs a 2, 4 o más páginas por cara... un gol.