Filed under: Cellphones

White glove delivery? Puhlease. Try white glove dissection, as in, the four part saga shown to us via the miracles of YouTube by gadget lover CyK1. Using a cautious approach, a pair of tweezers, what appears to be a guitar pick and a pair of delicate white gloves, he details the disassembly of SE’s highly-anticipated XPERIA X1 in four captivating clips. Granted, two of the four actually show reassembly efforts, but you know you’re not about to leave after just watching half of the show. Hop on past the break once your popcorn is ready.

Continue reading Video: Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 gets white-glove dissection

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Just because you’re the elephant in the group, that doesn’t mean you’ll get away without suffering through the same humiliation that comes with being a hot new BlackBerry: dissection on camera. RIM’s first flip phone has recently been disassembled by the curious minds over at SycotecSolutions, giving us all an up close and personal look at what makes the Pearl Flip 8220 tick. Eager for more? Give the read link some of your undivided attention.

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Heads-up: this post contains graphics unsuitable for viewing by not-yet-hardened 6 year olds. Now that you’ve read that (and hopefully shielded your youngin’s innocent eyes from the image above), we’re here to tell you that the unspeakable (though inevitable) has occurred. Yes, friends, dear Elmo Live!, which probably won’t be seen selling for MSRP until January of 2009, has been splayed. Torn down. Stripped of every ounce of animality he had. All so that you could see what really makes this bizarre critter tick. You can tap the read link for more, but trust us, the worst is already staring you in the face.

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Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

Now that the PSP-3000 (or PSP Brite, as our Joystiq friends like to call it) has hit the streets, it was only natural for its innards to be splayed for all the world to see — it’s all part of the circle of life, or some similarly cliche lyric. We wouldn’t really know where to begin running through these parts and figuring out what’s new, but Impress Watch says it’s pretty much the LCD getting all the love here, and that otherwise they’re seeing way fewer internal changes than they saw when Sony released the PSP-2000. Sounds about right to us, but we’re really just in it for the senseless violence of it all.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

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Filed under: Laptops

Ah, the natural progression of hot new releases. First comes the wow, then comes the hands-on, and now comes the tear down. The masterful gadget surgeons over at ifixit have taken the time to carefully (and let us reiterate, carefully) undo all the hard work done on the assembly line to put these together, and we just know you’re anxious to see what’s really inside the new machines. Have a look below, and don’t forget to pause and appreciate the scenery.

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Who woulda thunk it? All-in-ones are officially back in. Yeah, some would argue that they never really left, but with Sony’s latest family of monitor-bound PCs and HP’s freshened TouchSmart line upping the ante, we’d say the war is back on. The high(er)-end TouchSmart IQ506 was recently taken for a ride over at DesktopReview, and it didn’t take long for them to realize that HP was aiming for something very different with this machine. Rather than catering to the gaming or barebones crowd, this one emphasizes interaction and entertainment, and apparently, it did so in fantastic fashion. Additionally, those folks couldn’t resist cracking the casing open and giving us a look inside, so if you’ve got a thing for untouched PCB and silicon, you know where to look.

[Thanks, Janet]

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Filed under: Laptops

Continue reading Sony’s Vaio TT gets dissected, found to contain small components

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Lenovo’s S10 has already been unboxed and reviewed, but if you’ve been waiting to see what this thing is really made of, your wait is finally over. The netbook has been cautiously disassembled over at Liliputing, so if you’re interested in seeing what makes this thing so warm under pressure, tap the read link and enjoy.

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Filed under: Displays

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! (Sorry, but where else were we gonna use that line?) For those unaware, Esquire’s October issue is on newsstands now, and for 100,000 99,999 lucky souls out there, they’ll receive one with a flashing E Ink display. Just in case you aren’t quite lucky enough to apprehend one of your own, however, The Dastardly Report’s Ryan Joseph was kind enough to snap a few photographs and even host a video of the exclusive mag before tearing it down for hacking purposes. Head on past the break for the clip, and tap that read link to have a gander at the stills. Oh, and dart out right this instant to snag your own.

Continue reading Esquire’s E Ink-infused magazine cover shown on video

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Filed under: Handhelds

By now, you’ve surely realized that the Sharp-branded Willcom D4 is far from being the perfect handheld, but that’s not to say you shouldn’t be lusting over a few internal shots. Thankfully, one fearless owner decided to tear the MID down for our viewing pleasure (and to install a larger 1.8-inch HDD, but that’s beside the point), and everything you’ve hoped and dreamed of seeing is just one click away. Okay, so it’s not that dramatic, but it’s still worth a peek.

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Filed under: Laptops

It only makes sense that VIA’s contribution to the quickly growing netbook world — the OpenBook — get ripped wide open, wouldn’t you agree? Better still, this isn’t your typical dissection, as the invasive Tim Brown tears apart his own product on video. Three minutes of teardown is just one click away.

Continue reading VIA’s OpenBook gets fittingly ripped open

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Okay, so this isn’t the finalized SKU or anything (it’s an “early sample,” if you must know), but it’s close enough to the real deal to warrant a dissection. The model shown here came sporting a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB Seagate hard drive and built-in gigabit Ethernet / WiFi / Bluetooth. Best of all, you’ll see more than flashes of EBOX PCB when you step into the read link below — you’ll get a lengthy list of initial impressions too (hint: it’s rather impressive). Go on, get!

[Thanks, Charlie]

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Filed under: Laptops

Sure, you’ve seen a plethora of R500 shots already, but this ultrathin Portégé has somehow managed to keep its clothes on — until now. One curious owner just couldn’t resist the urge to operate, and after careful dissection, we’re left with a handful of snaps showing off the unit’s internals. Don’t be shy, check out the whole lot in the gallery below.

[Thanks, Jai]

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Filed under: Laptops

Oh, poor Eee PC 900. You haven’t even made it into most people’s hands, and already you’re getting dissected and inappropriately inspected. Honestly, we didn’t mean for that to rhyme. Regardless, the folks over at bit-tech have gone to all the hassle of cracking the little dude open, though what they find inside is apparently more of the same. No new modules, no fancy layout changes, no tiny army of artificially intelligent lifeforms. Still, it’s nice to look at. Take peak and see for yourself!

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Filed under: Displays, HDTV

Seen enough of Sony’s 3-millimeter thin OLED TV? Nah, we reckoned not — and even if you’ve grown somewhat accustomed to that sleek 11-inch exterior, opening this pretty boy up gives you a whole new perspective. The camera-toting cats over at bunnie:studios managed to happen upon a live XEL-1 tear down while perusing the floor at the Embedded Systems Conference, and sure enough, they succeeded in capturing the momentous event and were kind enough to host up a smattering of high-resolution images to prove it. Anxious to see what Sony could possibly fit inside of this thing? You’re just one click away from finding out.

[Thanks, Andrew]

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Filed under: Laptops

Sure, you probably caught a brief glimpse of the X300’s innards earlier this morning, but the photos waiting for you in the read link below are what we nerds really crave. Some lucky cat in Los Angeles managed to wrap his paws around Lenovo’s forthcoming machine, and rather than booting it up and keeping it a secret, he whipped out the pliers and went to work. You know the drill — tap that link below for all the guts ‘n bolts you can handle.

[Thanks, Loran M.]

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The OLPC XO may be a kid’s machine at heart, but it’s been caught doing some mighty grown-up deeds over at NotebookReview. Sure, we caught a teaser of this thing’s innards way back when, but there’s nothing that satisfies like a full frontal tear down. Click on for lots, lots more — we promise it’s all PG.

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Filed under: Robots

Yeah, we gave you a plethora of hatching photos to ooh and ahh over when we received our first Pleo, but considering our inexplicable fear of needles and prehistoric blood, we never considered taking things any further. Apparently, the folks over at Pleo Dreams completely disregarded our recommendation to not de-skin the dinosaur, and proceeded to remove every square centimeter of Pleo’s covering on video. Believe it or not, things get pretty interesting once the garb comes off, but you’ll have to endure a near-24 minute clip in order to say you saw the entire procedure from start to finish. You ready? It’s waiting after the break.

Continue reading Pleo goes under the knife in astonishingly long video

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

We’re actually kind of surprised it’s taken this long for us to get a solid look at the guts of a new Zune 8, but we suppose it gets pretty distracting up in the social. Anyway, the fine folks at RapidRepair have done the honors, and there’s not much hiding in there of note: the battery appears to be soldered in, and the Zune Pad appears to be sealed in and irreplaceable — which is a shame, because we were anticipating some wicked squircle mods. Hit the read link for the rest of the gory pics.

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