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Kindle 2 gets dissected

 
Amazon started to ship Kindle 2 on Monday. If you are curious what kind of components are hiding under the covers, you can see photos of a Kindle 2 dissection on iFixit. Of course there is the electronic paper screen, which does not need power to displa... (link)

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