What’s in a PlayBook ? No, literally, what’s in that thing? Well, most of the specs were known sooner than today’s release , but there has been a little confusion about whether RIM’s 7-inch tablet did or didn’t have a gyroscope, which has now been set straight (it does!) by the crew at iFixit. They did their usual study of what it’ll take to fix your personal PlayBook should the necessity ever arise, and gave it a repairability score of seven out of 10. Replacing front glass can be a little a pain to do, but then that’s the case with most portable devices. The motherboard also got an intensive examination, with your complete power management, wireless connectivity, and memory chips getting identified and recorded for posterity. In an effort to check iFixit’s work, be at liberty to go to UBM Tech Insights to boot, who’ve their very own component list and closeup photography of that dual-core TI OMAP4430 system-on-chip. Yes, closeup photography.
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