What's Inside a BlackBerry PlayBook?
So you’ve got your new PlayBook home, but you can’t ignore that uncontrollable urge to see what’s behind that ominous black exterior. Well, lucky for you, iFixit has given the device the teardown treatment.
First and foremost, the device is apparently easier to open than its number one competitor, the iPad. Unfortunately, the composition of parts means replacing the battery requires the user to first remove the motherboard. Removing it is easy enough, just some standard Philips #00 screws, but it’s still a little disappointing that RIM decided to house the the guts of the PlayBook in the display assembly, and not the rear case like most other tablets.
Other highlights of the teardown include a magnetic dock connector, a 20 watt-hour battery, a 3-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera capable of shooting 1080p video, 16GB of Samsung NAND flash, a Texas Instruments OMAP4430 1GHz dual-core processor, and 1GB DRAM.
Check out the full teardown on iFixit for all the gory details.
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Wow, a dual core 1ghz cpu and 1gb ram, this makes it at least twice as fast as any other blackberry device.
i didn't know TI was making up to date processors
Please tell me the components aren't made in China.
Seriously? You guys knew the specs before this even got opened! Besides, just look at the price. You get what you pay for.
Rainbows and Unicorns... that's what it has inside
more ram than current gen gaming consoles, just... pitiful...
Current gen gaming consoles also were made years ago,
And current gen gaming consoles have very very small operating systems. allowing the game to take advantage of more ram even though it is less
Please tell me the components aren't made in China.
Everything is made in China, including the Stars & Stripes flags you all wave on 4th July.
Please tell me the components aren't made in China.
Other than the integrated circuits being made in taiwan, did you really expect anything else?
the girl is tooo hot !
the girl is tooo hot !
Other than the integrated circuits being made in taiwan, did you really expect anything else?
Taiwan is part of China de jure.
No country recognizes Taiwan as independent or has treaties with them, so while Taiwan has de facto independence it does not have de jure.
Everything is made in China, including the Stars & Stripes flags you all wave on 4th July.
Heh, it's funny because it's true... sad too.
And with every box there's a prize inside.
Looks great.