Blok On Blok, the world’s first blockchain-powered smartphone company, announces its latest milestone. The firm powered by Function X selected as an honoree for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 Innovation Awards.
The firm believes that the award brings into the limelight its contribution to the blockchain technology in terms of its impeccable design and development. Hosted and produced by the Consumer Technology Association, CES, the Consumer Electronics Show is a yearly exhibition of the recent advancements in the field of consumer technology.
In 2019, CES conducted exhibitions for more than 175,000 attendees, media, and exhibitors from all corners of the globe. CES Innovation Awards is a constituent event of the award ceremony. Its conducted in recognition of the most significant, ingenious, and game-changing creations of the year in consumer technology.
BOB is the first completely blockchain-powered smartphone in the world, and it is also a part of the firm’s presentation for the CES of 2019. Blok on Blok is created as an honoree for the category of Mobile Devices and Accessories, recognizing its inventions done in the smartphone industry and its peripherals.
Zac Cheah, Co-Founder, and CEO of Pundi X said,
It is an incredible honor to be recognized by the CES 2020 Innovation Awards. hope that this inspires our fellow blockchain companies to continue innovating with the technology and make it more accessible to everyone.
The focus over BOB implies that smartphone innovation isn’t restricting to gain the best quality and advanced features. Rather it recognizes the improved experience of smartphone usage with full functional user control.
When linked to the mobile data or the wifi network, the blockchain mode in BOB lets users have their activities executed over the blockchain, Function X. It can be during a phone call to friends or during an online session. It ensures that a data chunk transferred or obtained by BOB is safe and does not need an intermediary party anymore. For example, the users under BOB can call one another even in the absence of a centralized service vendor.
Several other features of BOB portrays its strong emphasis over user control. Every module can hop onto different blockchain mode or android model, letting users experience decentralized technology without any hassle at their comfort and speed. The physical design of the unit is also customizable in collaboration with different 3D-printed components or accessories.
The blockchain-based smartphone is the initial caricature of one in many innovations to be made by Function X. The firms claim to have intentions of creating a completely blockchain-powered web setting that can be used as an alternative to traditional internet.