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Kindle 2 Stripped Naked; Chip Is Faster Than iPhone's
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Hardware repair company iFixIt disassembled the reader and found a 532 MHz processor — faster than the iPhone 3G's 412 MHz ARM chip. IFixIt also found the Kindle 2 is thinner than the iPhone 3G, but a hair thicker than the iPod Touch. ...
Kindle 2 dissected, found to contain space for a SIM card
Engadget —
... The Kindle 2's only been in our hot little hands for a few hours, but the screwdriver-happy scamps at iFixit couldn't resist -- they've already ripped theirs into its many component pieces. Interestingly, the teardown revealed an empty space for a SIM ...
Kindle 2 Dissected, Has Space for SIM Card Holder
The UberReview —
The folks at iFIXit have already dissected a Kindle 2 and have made an interesting discovery in the expensive innards. If you look at the circled region, you can clearly see that there is space for a SIM card (though there is no SIM card holder). Why the SIM card holder? My money is that there will be an international version sometime this year.
All I want is Wi-Fi and a decent antenna.
[iFIXit via Engadget]
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Kindle 2 broken-down: on-purpose and by accident
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... units are arriving all over the US, as Amazon not only keeps to their delivery schedule but, in some cases, beats it to the punch. Of course a rite of passage for any new must-have device is not only the unboxing but the break-down, and iFixit have done just that, flagging up a spot that looks surprisingly like a GSM SIM reader might sit there. However it’s not all good news; we’ve also heard of what might be the ...
iFixit destripa el nuevo Amazon Kindle 2
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... y destriparlo para ver que tiene dentro. Si eres de los que les gusta ver como destripan los aparatos electrónicos, no te pierdas la galería. Como curiosidad, la batería es mucho más pequeña de lo que pensaba. ...
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Kindle 2 gets stripped bare, reveals space for SIM card
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... like that kind of pessimistic thinking. Other discoveries from iFixit s journey beneath the Kindle 2 s skirts reveal that the E-Ink display can hold text even after the battery has been completely disconnected, that the processor clocks in faster than an iPhone 3G and that there s no protective covering over the screen at all. And you can get inside it by removing a mere 16 screws. To these people, that s practically like putting a door handle on the back. Link : Amazon (via iFixit , Engadget ) Related links: [image] ...
Kindle 2 disassembled; revealed SIM card slot
D' Technology Weblog —
iFixit disassembled, Amazon’s new Kindle 2 device and found an empty outline of a SIM card on the left side of the logic board. Also identified among the guts of the Kindle 2 was its 532 MHz ARM-11 processor, 32MB of Samsung DDR, and the 2GB Samsung moviNAND flash memory. A SIM reader will likely be included in Kindle 2 builds destined for overseas markets, where it will simplify wireless connectivity.
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iFixit rips up a Kindle 2
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Amazon Kindle 2 Has Hidden SIM Card Slot
GEARFUSE —
... ? That’s a space for a SIM card. And something tells me, that with a soldering iron, a SIM card holder and some programming, you could turn the Kindle 2 into an entirely new device. Perhaps you could even speed up the downloads of eBooks and digital content. Any ideas? What do you think that missing SIM slot is for? Link [ ...
Kindle 2 gets dissected
I4U News —
... 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 display the last information, which Amazon uses to display the initial setup instruction. Kindle 2 runs on FreeScale CPU and has 2GB of Samsung RAM. I wonder if they got the Kindle 2 back to together again. More photos of the Kindle 2 insides can be found on iFixit Via ...
Kindle 2 breakdown reveals vestigial SIM card slot!
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Like our appendix or tail-bone, the Kindle 2 apparently shows signs of a vestigial SIM card slot that might allow it to roam wireless networks when abroad.
iFixit, known for their unabashed tear-downs of the hottest Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) products, like the iPhone 3G, has taken to disassembling a Kindle 2 to see just what makes it tick. What they found was interesting. Aside from proving that e-Ink displays draw insanely low levels of power (the screen kept displaying an image even with the battery disconnected), iFixit found what looks to be the outline ...
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iFixit desmonta um Kindle 2 e revela aspectos interessantes
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