teardown

DIY teardowns at iFixIt.com

DIY teardowns at iFixIt.com

One of my favorite things at this year’s Maker Faire was iFixIt’s repair area. They had obviously worked their butts off to create a really cool environment conducive to teaching people about fixing their own cars, home appliances and electronics gear. They had awesome displays, like physical exploded view “diagrams” of handheld devices, using the […]

Palm Pre teardown

Palm Pre teardown

The iFixit fellas waited in line all night at the Sprint store to snag a new Palm Pre so they could reduce it down to its constituent parts. They’re geek like ‘at. Then, PhoneWreck took over and did a thorough analysis of the Pre’s innards. See their component diagram at the end of the teardown. […]

Anthony’s busted ipod

Anthony’s busted ipod

After school today, Matt and Anthony came in with Anthony’s busted Ipod Video. They asked me how good I was at fixing iPods. Never having been inside an iPod before, I replied, “well let’s see what you’ve got.” It appears that the back came off the ipod, and now it was bricked. Anthony was pretty […]

Eee PC teardown

Eee PC teardown

I’ve been watching with great interest the hacks folks have been coming up with for the basement-priced Eee PC laptops, as I’ve also watched the price dip below $300. Here, Bit-Tech has a look under the hood of the Eee PC 901. [via] Related: HOW TO – Add a keyboard backlight to an Eee PC […]