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iFixit are well known for their detailed teardowns of smartphones and other devices. However, the iFixit images are static whereas the TechRestore images form a stop-motion animation which looks rather good.

This time the iPhone 4 gets torndown in stop motion and then put back together quickly at the end. It’s an interesting video and shows you the amount of detail and attention that has gone in to building the iPhone 4.

The stop-motion video was created by capturing 1784 still images of the teardown and rebuild and has been put in to a video 3:35 in length. [Read more…]

The Samsung Galaxy S is a fantastic device that has not long been out. We now are starting to hear rumours of a new next-gen version of the smartphone that will be called the Samsung Galaxy S2. The Galaxy S2 is said to have a 2GHz processor. We hear the S2 will also have a 720p HD display that can display an impressive 1280 x 720 pixels. The screen will measure 4.3 inches.

We also hear that the Galaxy S2 will have 1GB of RAM and 4GB of ROM along with 32GB of storage space built in. More can be added by using a microSD if needed.

On the back is rumoured to be an 8 megapixel camera. Back on to the 2GHz processor. It is unclear at the moment if it will be two 1GHz chips or a single 2GHz processor. Either way, it sounds powerful and should add more kick to the already fast Galaxy S. [Read more…]

We heard today that Google [GOOG] could launch it’s music service and Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread) together towards the end of this year. The information comes from Gaurav Jain who is the Android Product Manager where he confirmed the launch timing to an Israeli newspaper called Calcalist.

The reason that both are being launched together is that music will play a big part in the next version of Android perhaps making it a little more media centric.

‘Google will combine music download service next version of Android launched for the U.S. holiday season.

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If battery life for you is important and you want to squeeze more out of your Nexus One than normally possible, check out the tests done by Jeff Sharkey.

He managed to figure out that you could power each specific colour on the OLED screen used by the Nexus One. In doing so, the battery life is preserved.

Jeff performed a number of tests on the Nexus One switching off colours and modifying the settings and managed to find out when using just the red LED’s the battery life on the Nexue One was almost doubled. [Read more…]

Three in the UK has launched The One Plan. The One Plan is described as being the simplest and most competitive tariff ever offered in the UK.

The One Plan offers a lot of free minutes, free texts and 1GB of data as well as more minutes for calls kept on the Three network.

For £25/month you get 2000 any network minutes, 5000 Three to Three minutes, 5000 texts and 1GB of data. There are no “unlimited” mentions here and you simply get a lot of everything (perhaps not data, but more than enough for the majority of peoples needs). [Read more…]

Owners of the HTC DROID Incredible will be getting an OTA update soon that will bring some new features to the device. The new update will bring 720p HD video recording as well as a mobile hotspot feature that lacks at the moment.

It isn’t clear at the moment when the updates will hit the DROID Incredible and of course, this information doesn’t come from an official source, so it there’s a chance it might not actually happen. But, from evidence we have seen over at Droid Life, it certainly looks promising. [Read more…]

Apple [AAPL] has put out a formal letter regarding the signal problems on the iPhone 4 although it tackles the issue from a slightly different angle from what you might expect and Apple won’t actually fix anything with the signal other than how signal strength is reported.

What the problem seems to be (according to Apple) is the signal meter that sits at the top left of the screen. Apple admitted that they have used the wrong formula to calculate signal strength that reports the signal being a lot higher than it actually is. The meter actually reports a lot more signal than it should and when there is a slight drop in signal, it can look a lot more dramatic than it actually is. This reporting method and formula was used on all generations of the iPhone and a fix is being sent out in a few weeks to report the signal correctly. [Read more…]