Tearing down HP's TouchPad (photos)

CNET's sister site TechRepublic cracks open the HP TouchPad, and Bill Detwiler offers a rundown on the tablet's technical specifications, showing the hardware inside and explaining why it's built more like a PC than an iPad. Here we see the HP TouchPad as it comes out of the box.

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Inside the case of the HP TouchPad.

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Removing the battery and main printed circuit board of the HP TouchPad.

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Cypress Semiconductor CY8CTMA395 touch-screen controller for the HP TouchPad.

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The HP TouchPad's main printed circuit board and battery (front).

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All the components of the HP TouchPad, disassembled.

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