Disassembling the Treo 680

Posted on 30 January 2007 by


[Ed. note: I got an IM from Larry this morning saying "God!... forgive me please... someone got killed by me...".

Immediately concerned, I looked at the Flickr address he had included. Holding back the laughter, I read Larry's next IM, "don't call the police, please~~~".

Well of course not Larry! I'll post the victim here for everyone to see, instead. ;-)

Larry originally wrote this dissection for the Palm Is Life forum, but he has also translated it for Gear Diary. To see it in the original Chinese, click here.]

Here is the one which got killed…

The rear housing assembly:

Front casing, camera cover and keypads:

The main board assembly:

The middle chassis contains vibrator, microphone and loud speaker.

The LCM module and keyboard PC board.

OK, that’s all.

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Since Larry was a child he has always been curious about the world of electronics. Right after reading the biography of the greatest inventor � Thomas Edison, he made up his mind to become a person with a high-tech background that would be capable of inventing the greatest products in the world; it�s not only a goal, but also the dream of his life, a dream that has never died. Larry has spent a lot of time and interest in researching PDA technologies. Besides, keeping up with and studying them, Larry is an administrator of the popular Taiwanese site Palm Is Life (which has well over 36,000 members) and he also has a PDA hardware DIY web site. Larry is always looking for ways to improve the electronics devices, consumer products, even the vehicles he owns, trying to make them even more functional and convenient. He believes that this is the spirit which a high-tech person must have.

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  • dmccarty

    Does “disassembly” mean “taking the plastic off” these days? Where’s all the good stuff under those RF shields?

    ;-)

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Hughes

    Ha – it may have had something to do with the fact that it wasn’t Larry’s 680. ;-)

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