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For his TechRepublic Geek Gifts 2010 review of LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0, Wally Bahny built the Color Sorter model. See the Color Sorter in action.

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Bill Detwiler cracks open the Nokia Lumia 800, discusses the hardware he finds inside, and explains why buyers (particularly in the U.S.) should skip the 800 and wait for the Lumia 900.

Bill Detwiler shows you what’s inside the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 Android tablet and explains why prospective buyers might want to wait a few months before picking one up.

Parrot showed off an updated version of the AR.Drone at CES 2012. The AR.Drone 2.0 offers new flight controls, better hover stabilization, and a 720p HD camera. We’ll definitely be reviewing this one for our 2012 Geek Gift Guide.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook and discovers a smaller battery and poorer build quality than one expects in a premium laptop.

Naturally, the biggest question about the HP TouchPad is how it stacks up against the iPad. TechRepublic’s Jason Hiner explains the three areas where the TouchPad is better than the iPad.

From smartphones and tablets to LED televisions, Bill Detwiler counts down our top five Cracking Open teardowns of 2011.

Watch Bill Detwiler, host of TR Dojo, flub his lines, deal with noisy co-workers, and make a few failed attempts at humor in the 2011 TR Dojo blooper reel.

At a Churchill Club event, AllThingsD technology columnist Kara Swisher shows ZDNet some “must have” gift ideas for the holidays, including “lighted finger rats,” a tactile iPad screen, and a classic retro-phone handset designed for your smart phone.

Motorola broke new ground in smartphones with the Atrix earlier this year and now the company has kicked it up a notch with the Atrix 2. TechRepublic Editor in Chief Jason Hiner explains why high-end users and IT departments will find a lot to like.

The Apple iPod touch is the company’s latest portable multimedia device. The iPod touch includes the usual music playing features, but adds video playback and WiFi connectivity to its list of features. Mark Kaelin, TechRepublic Senior Editor, disassembles the Apple iPod touch and examines the chips, connectors, and ribbon cables that lurk inside.

Apple’s new iPod Nano packs a ton of features into a very limited space. A little wider than the original Nano, the second version has been dubbed “fatty” by many fans. Come along as Mark Kaelin, TechRepublic Senior Editor, outlines his process for opening the iPod Nano’s case and walks you around the tiny device’s internal components.

For a more in-depth exploration of the iPod Nano’s features and inner workings, check out Mark’s galleries, “A first look at the new iPod Nano from Apple”, and, “Cracking open the 4GB iPod Nano (3rd generation)“, respectively.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Apple iPad for a look at the hardware inside the Apple tablet. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to our iPad cracking open photo gallery in the TR Dojo Blog.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Apple iPad 3G for a look at the hardware inside the Apple tablet. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to our iPad cracking open photo gallery in the TR Dojo Blog.

Bill Detwiler shows off the reassembled iPhone 4 that works perfectly after he cracked it open.

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet and discover striking similarities between it, the Nook Color, and the Amazon Kindle Fire.

In this week’s episode of Cracking Open, Bill Detwiler shows you what’s inside the Droid Razr, and discuss what he learned from the teardown. That basically, the Razr is an upgraded Droid Bionic.

For a list the chips inside the Razr, check out my article, Motorola Droid Razr Teardown: Better hardware should anger Bionic buyers.

Full teardown gallery: Cracking Open the Motorola Droid Razr

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Kindle Fire for a look at the hardware that runs Amazon’s Android-based tablet. His teardown analysis reveals a well-built device that’s easy to disassemble, a battery that has slightly less capacity than other tablets, and lots of Texas Instruments chips.