The latest Apple news from the experts in Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad Repair. This blog covers everything from new repair guide releases to tips and tricks to the latest take aparts on the newest gadgets.
April 3rd, 2010
April 3rd, 2010
April 3rd, 2010
We’ve got our iPad Parts store up and running. Check out all of our iPad Parts at the link below.All of these parts are in stock and ready for purchase today!
The parts that we’ve got up are the following:
Apple 10W iPad Power Adapter USB A1357
iPad Back Case
iPad Glass and Digitizer Panel Assembly
iPad LCD Display Screen
iPad Main Logic Board
iPad Midboard
iPad Replacement Battery
iPad Speaker Assembly
iPad Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Dock Daughterboard
April 3rd, 2010
iPad Teardown Video (Part 1) …Hi-Def Videos to be posted shortly.
iPad Teardown Video (Part 2)
April 3rd, 2010
April 2nd, 2010
Many people are fretting over their iPad tracking number just saying Billing Information Received. If you’re getting this as your tracking info, I wouldn’t get too worked up over it.
UPS is bringing these in with a product called WorldEase. This product allows companies to bring in large quantities of merchandise under one tracking number, and then, once they clear customs the tracking numbers are updated to the individual numbers. The tracking #s should be updated by early tomorrow morning once they clear customs.
Just some food for thought, so stop worrying.
Get some rest. You’ve got a long day of iPadding tomorrow. If you’ve got some extra time, check out our Live iPad Teardown webcast tomorrow morning.
April 2nd, 2010
Recently revealed FCC photos show more details on the testing done on the iPad. The testing was done by CETECOM.
April 1st, 2010
Today we’re announcing an upgrade to our DualDrive line of Apple laptop hard drive storage.
The DualDrive replaces your internal optical drive with a hard drive of your choice (Only 2.5″ SATA drives will work in the Dual Drive).By adding a second hard drive, you can up to double your internal storage capacity.
The previous max storage for a DualDrive was 750GB. Now you can get a DualDrive up to 1TB. The chart below shows what the total maximums are per laptop model. (Note that this upgrade is only for the standard DualDrive. The DualDrive for Unibody models currently does not support the 1TB drive. )
Click here to go to the DualDrive product page.
March 31st, 2010
Today we’re opening up our repair guide development to the public. As of today, anyone can upload a repair video and best yet, we’ll pay you for it. For a video 5-10 Minutes in length, we’ll give you $25. For a video 10 minutes or greater, we’ll give you $50.
What types of videos are we looking for?
We are open to any tech device we currently don’t have on the site.
The newer the device the better.
Does it have to be an Apple Product?
No. We’re opening this up to all devices, all brands.
How does it work?
Click Here to go to our Repair Guide Center and then register for an account. Once you setup your account you’ll be able to start uploading videos. After you’ve uploaded your video, our team will review it for quality. The review will be over within 24 hours in most cases. The video will then be posted live on our site and you’ll be sent your cash reward via Paypal.
Why are we opening up development?
When individuals collaborate on a project, the possibilities are endless. We want to do what we’ve done from the beginning, and that is to show people how to fix things. By opening this up we hope to accomplish that goal on a larger scale.
March 29th, 2010
In case you missed it, PowerbookMedic was the first company to do an iPad Teardown.
The video is below:
We’ve also opened the first iPad Parts Store. We’ve got all the replacement parts from the iPad LCD Display to the Glass Digitizer to the Logic Board.
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We’ve given away lots of goodies in the past from Snow Leopard to iPods to Macbooks. This time we’re giving away an iPad.
Enter to win your iPad, and then come back on Saturday to watch us take one apart! Click here for the info on our iPad Take Apart event.
* 16GB
* Wi-FI Model
Retail value – $499.00
There are four ways to enter this week’s giveaway. You can enter multiple ways, and each individual can end up with up to 10 entries.
1.) Join us on Twitter (Click Here to visit our Twitter page) and Retweet the following message “RT @powerbookmedic is giving away an iPad : http://tinyurl.com/yzp2qfg”
Retweet Autofill for iPad Giveaway
The retweet counts as 2 Entries. (You must still be a follower when the contest ends to be eligible.)
2.) RSVP to our iPad Take Apart Webcast – RSVP to our live iPad Take Apart webcast by clicking here . You have to register with Ustream to RSVP. (The iPad Take Apart Event is currently scheduled for Saturday April 3rd and is set to start between 9:30 – 10:00 AM CST.)
This counts as 5 Entries.
3.) Join us on Facebook and comment or interact with our wall. (Click Here to visit our Facebook Page.)
This counts as 5 entries. (You must still be a fan at the end of the contest to be eligible.)
4.) Write a blog post about us or the giveaway with a link back to our site and email the link for the post to twitter@powerbookmedic.com.
The total number of entries possible per individual is 10. The contest is over on Monday April 5th at 12:00 CST.