Kindle Fire torn down by iFixit, asbestos gloves curiously absent
We already had a pretty good idea of what’s inside the Kindle Fire — basically, the same thing that was inside the BlackBerry PlayBook. But of course we’re still fans of seeing all the circuits and components that make up a modern gadget, and that’…
Microsoft Kinect ripped to pieces, found to contain chips on tiny green boards
If you ever doubted that Microsoft’s Kinect was based on PrimeSense technology, you can leave those suspicions at the door — iFixit’s separated the twin-eye motion sensing camera into its constituent parts, and there’s definitely PrimeSense silicon o…
Motorola Droid 2 ripped to shreds, where’s an astromech when you need one?
It’s been less than a full day since Verizon’s Droid 2 hit shelves (or two, if you count Sam’s Club) but the fine folks at iFixit have already managed to make their phone explode into… 24 pieces, if we’re counting right. Amazingly enough, the intern…