Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
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.
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.
Bill Detwiler cracks open the Amazon Kindle Touch. He discovers hardware that’s better than the base model Kindle and very similar to its main rival–the Barnes & Noble Nook.
After cracking open the HP TouchPad, TechRepublic’s Bill Detwiler gives you a run on tablet’s technical specifications, shows you the hardware inside, and explains why it’s built more like a PC than an iPad.