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Apple announced the next generation iPod Nano on 4th October, and iFixit, the teardown specialists disassembled the tiny device for checking the reparability score. Below is the step-by-step guide to disassemble the iPod Nano 7th Generation: iPod Nano 7th Generation Teardown

  You expected this, didn’t you? iFixit has taken Google’s Nexus S and torn down revealing the guts of the phone. If you’re expecting something unsaid or unheard, I would urge you to stop right now because iFixit says the components found in the device are more or less the same you’d find in other [...]

  Most new gadgets are subjected to a teardown and Microsoft’s new Kinect for Xbox 360 is no exception. Folks over at iFixit did the honors and have found some interesting things in this compact game controller. Few noteworthy things found in the teardown are that the Kinect sports two cameras and one IR projector [...]

  The teardown experts at iFixit have opened up the latest and the cheapest iOS-toting Apple device. The 2nd generation Apple TV has been dissected and according to iFixit, it is one of the easiest to service Apple product. Despite its small size, they’ve found some interesting hardware like the A4 processor with 256MB of [...]

  Want to know what Motorola’s shiny new gadget packs? Well, head quickly to the teardown experts, iFixit who’ve have published the Droid 2 teardown. iFixit says although there are subtle differences as far as exterior is concerned, but main difference that counts is its hardware. The new Droid 2 packs in a fast 1GHz [...]

  As like most gadgets these days, Blackberry Torch has gone under the knife as well. Good folks at Crackberry did the honors by disintegrating each and every part from RIM’s latest slider. The teardown however, does not reveal anything special except it shows the slider mechanism, which is pretty smooth. Check out the video [...]

  The good guys over at iFixit has done it again. They’ve taken Apple’s latest gadget under knife to show us the innards for our guilty pleasure. While they’re still updating their teardown, they’ve confirmed that the iPhone 4 does have 512MB of RAM, double than what is present in iPad and iPhone 3GS. Also, [...]

  After giving us the first high quality pictures of Apple’s next-generation iPhone, Gizmodo has dissected the thing down. It would have been an interesting fodder for all of us to know what the new iPhone will feature but unfortunately, nothing noteworthy was revealed except the battery. Gizmodo opened the whole device and found that [...]

  Apple’s high profile gadget is now out in US stores and the teardown specialists, iFixit were quick on their job. They have dissected the iPad and though nothing interesting is revealed, folks at iFixit highly applaud the internal structure of the device. As far as the suppliers are concerned, the major beneficiary seems Samsung [...]

  We’ve seen a lot of dissections before but it’s a rare sight seeing a teardown of an unreleased (yet confirmed) product. Dell teased us with the Mini 5 aka Streak MID at the CES and now thanks to this teardown from the Vietnamese site, we know few more important details. The innards consist of [...]

  Its like a ritual for new gadgets to go through the dissection ordeal. So it’s not surprising that DROID too, got the obligatory treatment. This time it’s Phone Wreck who does the needful by ripping apart each and every component just for our pleasure. Head over here to go through the teardown with a [...]

  The teardown specialist is at it again. This time it’s the PSPgo getting the treatment and has not one bit of interesting hardware. iFixit managed to open up easily and found the following: – No internal framework to keep the innards intact – Battery is easily replaceable but has a warranty void sticker pasted [...]

  iFixit synonymous for giving new shiny gadgets a dissection treatment, have gone forward to disassemble Microsoft Zune HD. The PMP as iFixit reckons, is easier to dissect than Cupertino’s offering. On the inside, there were not many surprises as the iPod touch but few interesting things discovered were – a 660mAh battery, Samsung made [...]

  Fifth gen iPod Nano and third gen iPod touch were announced last week and the iFixit folks quickly took to their beloved task – to dissect (or rather teardown) to reveal the innards of these babies. As for iPod Nano, Apple has crammed the new hardware in the same chassis as before with camera [...]

  Just like an unboxing ceremony, geeks with little more curiosity have taken up something extra – dissecting the gadget. The geeks who generally do this are the iFixit folks and the gadget in question today is the PS3 Slim. They managed to get their hands on the unit and reveal the innards of this [...]