Now that Apple’s iPad mini is available for purchase for $329 and up, some folks are using Apple’s cheapest and smallest iPad… and others are busy tearing it apart. The folks at iFixit have posted a teardown guide which shows what the tablet looks like under the hood — and just how difficult it would […]
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Dell’s $500 XPS 10 Windows RT tablet hits the FCC, dissected for your viewing pleasure
2 Comments on Dell’s $500 XPS 10 Windows RT tablet hits the FCC, dissected for your viewing pleasureDell’s new Windows RT tablet isn’t expected to ship until December. But the Dell XPS 10 showed up this week at the FCC website, complete with a user manual and photos of the 10 inch tablet’s case and internal components. The Dell XPS 10 features a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a Qualcomm […]
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Microsoft Surface RT dissected in iFixit teardown
Now that the Microsoft Surface RT tablet is now available for $499 and up, it was only a matter of time before someone ripped it apart to see what it looks like on the inside. The folks at iFixit did just that… and discovered that while the tablet’s not too hard to rip apart, putting […]
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iPod touch (5th gen) dissected, secrets revealed
Now that Apple’s $299 5th generation iPod touch is shipping, it was just a matter of time before someone ripped it apart to see if its true beauty lies on the inside. As usual, the honors go to the folks at repair shop iFixit. They’ve posted a complete teardown guide including some great photos and […]
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How to disassemble, reassemble the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
While eBook readers aren’t as expensive as they used to be, and it’s often almost as cheap to replace a broken model as it is to repair it… sometimes it’s nice to know that you can take a gadget apart and fix it yourself, even if you don’t have to. The folks at Powerbook Medic have […]
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iPhone 5 dissected: 3 microphones, no turntable
Now that the iPhone 5 is available, people are getting ready to slap 5 rows of icons in the larger displays, make FaceTime video calls over cellular networks, and surf the web over 4G LTE. But if you want to know how the new iPhone 5 does what it does, the folks at iFixit flew halfway […]
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD dissected, proves (relatively) simple to fix
With a starting price of $199, it might be cheaper and easier to buy a new Kindle Fire HD 7 inch tablet if anything goes wrong on yours than it is to replace a broken touchscreen. But if you’re the sort of person that likes to fix things yourself, it looks like the Kindle Fire […]
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Sony Xperia Tablet S now available for $400 and up (and this is what it looks like dissected)
Comments Off on Sony Xperia Tablet S now available for $400 and up (and this is what it looks like dissected)As promised, Sony is now selling the Xperia Tablet S in the US. You can pick up the new tablet from the Sony Store for $400 and up. That price buys you a tablet with a 9.4 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, a 1.5 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB […]
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Vizio Co-Star Google TV box torn apart, dual core CPU uncovered
The Vizio Co-Star is a $100 Google TV set-top-box that lets you search the web, view online video, or run apps on your television. When Vizio introduced the device earlier this summer, the company told us all about the USB port, HDMI ports, 5.1 channel audio, WiFi, Ethernet, and Bluetooth. But we didn’t know much […]
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iFixit rips apart the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (literally)
Samsung’s new 10.1 inch tablet hit the streets last week. It features a speedy 1.4 GHz Exynos Quad processor, a 1280 x 800 pixel display, 2GB of RAM, and a digital pen for writing or drawing on the screen. But we knew all that, because Samsung told us. The folks at iFixit know that beauty […]