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How To Fix The Five Most Common iPhone Injuries

iPhones aren’t built to last forever, but that doesn’t mean you should let a cracked display or dead battery finish your handset. We’ve got five of the most common repairs for the iPhone 4 – courtesy of our friends at iFixit.

May 10, 2011
Gadgets

Here’s What That FBI Tracker Looks Like When You Tear It Apart

Teardowns – pure geek porn! And usually reserved for consoles and laptops and whatnot – but what about the gear the government uses to spy on you? Even juicier. iFixit got its hands on the FBI’s GPS stalking stick. Behold the guts.

May 4, 2011
Computing

Gory Photos Of The iMac Teardown Reveal Little Has Changed

Sure, the new iMacs have a couple of Thunderbolt ports and more grunt between them, but other than that has much else changed? To answer that question, we’ll defer to the iFixit guys, who’ve already torn the 21.5-inch iMac apart.

April 27, 2011
Mobile

Transparent iPhone 4 Rear Panel Shows The Beauty/Battery Within

So much of what you’re paying for when you buy your iPhone 4 is what’s inside: that A4 processor, the gigundo lithium ion battery. So why hide it?

April 20, 2011
Computing

A Look Inside Blackberry’s Playbook

In typical form, iFixit just went and kaboomed the Blackberry Playbook. IT HAS A BATTERY. YOU SEE THAT THING?! (If you want to replace it, you’ll have to remove the glued-in motherboard). [iFixit via CrunchGear]

March 15, 2011
Computing

The iPad 2 Smart Cover Reveals Its Magneto Powers

In a silly ‘teardown’ of sorts, the iFixit guys opened up the iPad 2′s Smart Cover to see how it works. The secret behind the Smart Cover’s magic? 31 magnets. Thirty-one. And apparently they’re all very strong too (when taking these pictures, the magnets jumped around and fused together). [iFixit]

March 4, 2011
Gaming

iFixit Teardown Reveals How The Nintendo 3DS Works

With three cameras, iFixit reckons “this is the most camera-laden device we’ve ever taken apart”, but what exactly is inside that Japanese 3DS? As we know, it uses two cameras for recording 3D, but also displays 3D footage through a parallax barrier layer.

February 26, 2011
Computing

The Motorola Xoom Spills Its Guts

Beauty, as they say, is only skin deep. So let’s take a look at the Motorola Xoom’s hypetastic insides, shall we? There aren’t too many surprises in iFixit’s tablet teardown, but if you want an up close look at that sweet Tegra 2 – and a cheat to bump it up to 4G hotness right away – head on over there now. [iFixit]

February 25, 2011
Computing

2011 MacBook Teardown Shows Same Battery But Faster RAM

The main points of iFixit’s teardown of the new MacBook Pros show that there are minor changes besides just the fact that the whole thing is faster.

February 23, 2011
Mobile

The Motorola Atrix 4G Is Ridiculously Easy To Rip Apart

We’ve shared our thoughts on the Motorola Atrix earlier, but now the folks at iFixIt have done their part and torn the gadget apart to analyse the insides. Among their discoveries? This Android phone is ridiculously easy to open, repair, and put right back together.

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