Dell Streak taken apart with ease!

Taking apart the latest mobile phones with ease is what iFixit does best with the Dell Streak their new toy. It takes less than 10 steps to disassemble the whole device, if you don't include removing batteries, SIM card and SD card. Like many smart phones out there, it houses a Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon CPU. There's a microSD card found near the top of of the motherboard which has system and application files. It's not removable if you're planning to upgrade. iFixit also included its new 'Fixability Rating' which the Dell Streak scored 8/10, with 10 being the easiest to fix.

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Motorola Droid 2 - Blast To Pieces!

Not really, but the folks at iFixit has managed to get one in their hands just for their stripping pleasure. The Motorola Droid 2 is made from many pieces that it feels like looking at a notebook being taken apart. Now my question is...how do I fix it back?

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Apple's Magic Trackpad Teardown

We all should have guessed it by now, yes, iFixit has ripped apart the not-so-magical new Magic Trackpad. I thought it'll be more sophisticated that this but I was still impressed that everything was squeezed into one small board. It sports a Broadcom BCM2042, which is the same as the Magic Mouse for connectivity and a Broadcom BCM5974 for its multi-touch capabilities. Guide and more pictures at iFixit!

iPhone 4 Teardown - The Journey

We all know that latest technologies will be stripped by modders or those curious ones. But hey, if you got yourself the iPhone 4, you don't have to worry about taking it apart since iFixit has done it for you!

• 32GB iPhone 4 has only 29.06GB of space! And within that space, 301MB is used up for other data which leaves you with 28.77GB of space. Say what!?
• Battery connector is different than the one in the 3G and 3GS and is not soldered on the board
• It comes with 512MB of RAM. No worries of the dreaded 'laaaag' here
• Its Gorilla Glass touch panel is tough
• It uses the same processor as the Samsung Wave S850 

Mac Mini Mid 2010 Torndown and Stripped!

Whenever new products gets into iFixit's hands, they fear the worst just for our viewing pleasure. The new Mac Mini is now their new "victim" and has been dissected - and fairly easily. Guess the putty knives can sit out of this teardown! There are many noticeable changes that can be found in this small beast!

New refreshed MacBook torndown within hours of release

A single day has not even passed yet and the new MacBook refresh have been beautifully disassembled by iFixit. They even test out the battery at the previous model and it worked! After disassembly, here's what they found out (copied from iFixit):

• Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor E006B705 SLDGZ AV80577P8600 2.40/3M/1066
  
• NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated chipset graphics card: The successor to the GeForce 9400M.
• Realtek RTL8251CA GigE Ethernet
• CYPRESS CY8C24 16 KB Flash PSoC
  
• TDK 6T213HF
  
• Cirrus Logic 4206ACNZ

Nice isn't it? Although I'm still hoping for a Core i5 version of the white MacBook

Via: iFixit

iPad 3G - More stripping done!

Our pals at iFixit has done it once again! A round of applause please cause as soon as they get their hands on the iPad, the little gizmo couldn't stand a chance against those prying hands! It's not as shocking as it sounds as iFixit do what they does best; stripping.

There was some changes between the iPad and iPad 3G. Mainly it's because it comes with a micro-sim slot but there's another surprise - in comes with 5 antennas. There's one inside the Apple logo and one that seems to take up the whole of the LCD frame. Another thing to note of is that it also got the same baseband processor as the iPad and iPhone 3GS, the Infineon 337S3754 PMB 8878 X-Gold baseband IC 5Y06115 although it seems that Apple had it white-labeled to hide the manufacturer.

Check out iFixit's iPad 3G Teardown page to view more of iPad 3G's insides.