For Bonus Stories, Community and Conversation Follow Technabob on Facebook
Subscribe:
subscribe to our rss feedsubscribe via e-mailfollow technabob on twittertechnabob facebook fan page
Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff on Technabob

ifixit on Technabob...

iPhone 4 Transparent Rear Panel: Enjoy The Benefits of a Teardown Without the Hassle of a Teardown

iphone 4 transparent rear panel from ifixit

The expert tinkerers at iFixit can ogle the innards of any gadget they get their hands on. If you own an iPhone 4 but not the skills required to dismantle it, there’s now a way for you to view your phone’s insides without tearing it down. Just get this transparent…

Read More »

May 15th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

iFixit iPad 2 Teardown Reveals Guts, Brains of Apple’s Latest Tablet

ifixit_ipad_2_teardown_1

The second a new gadget comes out, you can always rely on the iFixit guys to rip it apart the same day. They’re actually still putting the finishing touches on their iPad 2 teardown, but it’s complete enough now to share some of the pics and details found inside.…

Read More »

March 11th, 2011 by: Technabob

Nintendo 3DS Gets Ceremonial Teardown by iFixit Guys

nintendo_3ds_teardown_ifixit

The guys over at iFixit are pretty amazing. Not only do they do the best device teardowns on the web, they’re now starting to rip apart the guts of devices which aren’t even out yet here in the U.S. They recently headed all the way to Japan to get their…

Read More »

March 3rd, 2011 by: Technabob

iFixIt Tears Apart the Motorola Xoom: Is it 4G LTE Upgradeable?

ifixit teardown tear gadget motorola tablet xoom

As usual, iFixIt did their best to tear down the latest new gadget – the Motorola Xoom – the minute it was released. It’s taken a while before the iPad received any significant competition from other manufacturers. Will the Xoom be able to compete? While the teardown doesn’t answer that…

Read More »

February 27th, 2011 by: Range

Microsoft Kinect Spills Its Guts for Ifixit

ifixit_kinect_teardown_1

The dudes over at iFixit just love to rip stuff apart. Now, on the launch day of Microsoft’s much anticipated Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral, they stripped one of these set-top gadgets down to its bare essence.

With the Kinect priced at $149 (USD), I figured there’d be a significant amount…

Read More »

November 4th, 2010 by: Technabob

New Macbook Air Ripped Apart by Ifixit

macbook_air_teardown_ifixit_2

Just a day after Apple’s reveal of their new MacBook Air, the guys over at iFixit have already done their teardown of the 11.6-inch version, splaying the guts of the 21st-century aluminum marvel for all to see.

According the iFixit crew, Apple made this model much harder to get into…

Read More »

October 21st, 2010 by: Technabob

Ifixit Guts Playstation Move Controller

ifixit_playstation_move_disassembled_1

Those crazy cats over at iFixit are always tearing stuff up. If I break stuff, I tend to get in trouble, but when they do it, seems all of geekdom pays attention. I like getting to see what is inside the controllers and there is surprisingly less stuff inside than…

Read More »

September 20th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

IPhone 4 Ripped Apart by Ifixit

iphone 4 teardown ifixit

The latest victim of gadget spare parts seller and repair shop iFixit is none other than the iPhone 4, its naughty bits splayed out on a table for all the world to see – like its *gasp* vibrating motor. Also, the iPhone 4′s battery is easier to remove compared to…

Read More »

June 25th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Ifixit Rips Apart the Nintendo Dsi Xl

ifixit dsi nintendo xl teardown video games

It didn’t take long for those crazy guys at iFixit to tear down a Nintendo DSi XL. Heck, it was only released in the US yesterday! What took them so long?

Sure, it was released a few months ago in Japan, but unless you’re a hardcore Nintendo gamer, playing all…

Read More »

March 29th, 2010 by: Range

Celebrate Nintendo Dsi Us Debut With Electronic Peep Show

nintendo dsi ifixit disassemble dismantle handheld video game

Nintendo’s current handheld has mutated over the years (as their handhelds are wont to do), from a hefty brick Phat model to the sleek lines of the latest iteration, the DSi. That latest system celebrated its US debut this week, and already the poor thing has been stripped, her guts…

Read More »

April 8th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Got a Tip? E-mail Technabob!