iFixit has of course taken the time to tear apart the iPad on its birthday.  To see the full 4-page disassembly head over to iFixit.

While I was just about to hop into bed for a comfy early morning sleep, I received the dinging tone from my iPhone that I had received an email.  I decided to check it before lying down and much to my surprise there was a message from iFixit saying they had a teardown of the Apple Tablet.  In what was thought to be the iPad teardown was instead a dirty trick which turned out to be iFixit tearing down an Apple MessagePad 2000.  In what we can only imagine to be preparation of the iPad teardown, iFixit has taken apart the old Newton MessagePad 2000 for all to see.  See the full four page teardown at iFixit.  Now I am off to get some sleep….That was just mean.

[iFixit MessagePad 2000 Teardown]

  You can always count on iFixit to take apart the latest gadget as soon as they can.  Today they have taken apart Google’s very own, Nexus One.  Aside from providing instructions and visuals of the tear-down, iFixit has again pointed out the various chipsets from the power management to the 1Ghz Snapdragon itself.  To see all of the innards of the Nexus One just head over to the iFixit site.

  The all-in-one Internet, LAN, Wi-Fi, Alarm Clock embedded, open source device, Chumby One gets the "take-me-apart" treatment for us all to see.  iFixit has one again grasped the latest in technology just to give us a glimpse of what lies within the rounded square that Chumby One is.  Among the many other devices at iFixit, you can see the full teardown complete with specs and information on how to take it apart yourself at iFixit.

  A new update from Fring is now available which legally allows video calls via the iPhone.  It sounds great up front, but does not allow the iPhone to transmit video, rather it allows for a PC or Mac user to transfer to you.  According to the developers it is only a limit of no front camera on the iPhone. The other catch is that you have to use WiFi to use the video feature.  Other than those limitations this brings us a step in the right direction of all future calls showing video if one chooses.  The app is free and is available now.

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