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CNET Networks site TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. CNET News is publishing this excerpt of a photo gallery that takes apart Apple's iPod Nano (fourth-generation).

Cracking Open iPod's from Apple is not for the faint of heart. We had already lost one iPod Nano to the Cracking Open process. Did the fourth-generation iPod Nano survive our prying? This iPod Nano from Apple is taller and thinner than the previous generation. The media player is also well-built and difficult to crack open, but that didn't stop us from trying--even if it meant sacrificing the device's ability to operate.

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RE: (Photos: Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano)
I believe that the built in redundancy (it being subject to the "non-replaceable battery" life) of the Ipod is a disgrace in these days of so called green enlightenment. My 12 year old has his on cons... (Read the rest)
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Battery replacement?  dave@... | 10/14/08
RE: (Photos: Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano)  mysammi | 10/14/08
RE: (Photos: Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano)  jonsymes@... | 10/14/08

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