Liberate Your iPhone with iFixit’s Transparent Rear Glass Panel Kit
Wednesday, 7th December 2011Posted in Apple, Blog Archive, Gadgets
Tags: 4S, glass, ifixit, iPhone, kit, panel, phone covers
Written by: Craig Hunter
iFixit is known for their detailed teardowns of our favorite gadgets, most recently tearing Apple’s new iPhone 4S to pieces. If you’re like them, you can appreciate the design and aesthetic of the internal workings of your devices, and not just its polished outer casing. With that in mind, iFixit is offering a transparent glass rear panel kit for the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 that will let you show off what the device is really made of.
Replacing your iPhone’s back panel is easier than you might think:
- Remove the two visible screws on either side of the thirty-pin dock connector
- Slide the current back panel up slightly and lift it off
- Repeat those steps in reverse to install the new panel.
If you’re a visual learner, iFixit has a complete step-by-step guide and a video walkthrough (below). Continue reading “Liberate Your iPhone with iFixit’s Transparent Rear Glass Panel Kit” »
Former Apple UI Expert Sees a World Without Touchscreens
Wednesday, 9th November 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: body, bret, future, futurist, glass, hands, interaction, interface, ipad, microsoft, tactile-rich, touchscreen, victor
Written by: Craig Hunter
Remember Microsoft’s vision of the future concept video that we showed you a couple weeks back? It might have impressed some, but former Human-Interface Inventor for Apple Bret Victor is calling out Microsoft, saying the concept is a “timid increment from the status quo.”
That “status quo” he’s referring to is the same touchscreen display that most popular platforms (iPad included) currently use as their main approach to interaction. In other words, he thinks the touchscreen form factor is limiting, as he calls it, a “pictures under glass sacrifice” that provides only a “hokey visual facade.”
Victor explained: Continue reading “Former Apple UI Expert Sees a World Without Touchscreens” »
Apple planning curved glass displays for 2012?
Tuesday, 27th September 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: 2012, apple, cover, curved, devices, glass, iphones, plans
Written by: Craig Hunter
While there isn’t much to go on, the typically credible DIGITIMES claims sources close to Apple’s manufacturing channels have told them the company is prepping to produce curved glass touchscreens in 2012. Continue reading “Apple planning curved glass displays for 2012?” »
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