Dave has some new teardown competition - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: GabYoung92
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 01:14:25 pm
content: Is most of this put on? They take forever to figure out what the 'things' are...To be honest, it was quite frustrating to watch, even though I watched the whole thing.Competition? Nope.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 01:16:28 pm
content: shame it wasn't elsworth or a more experienced tech rather than self proclaimed jerno experts

author: Stephen Hill
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 01:19:48 pm
content: Wow!Dave. You better give up now. They are clearly experts and much much better than you at teardowns.ROFL

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 01:23:57 pm
content: Looks like they are copping some hammering in the YT comments. The internet is a tough place.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 01:36:08 pm
content: some one in yanky land send one to dave land for inspection

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 02:08:13 pm
content: In case you didn't notice, ITS A PHONE!+1, EW RULEZ!, OMG, WOW, LIKE IT, ME TOO <add all the usual idiot-speak here>

author: baljemmett
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 03:07:10 pm
content: Quote from: GabYoung92 on October 09, 2012, 01:14:25 pmYeah -- it can't really have taken them that long to realise that the big phone-shaped thing (that's displaying live data pulled from the internet) is probably a phone, can it? But then on the other hand they appeared to be actually surprised about it, whereas a moment's thought would reveal that it makes a lot of sense compared to designing a bespoke system to do the same thing...

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 03:11:16 pm
content: You know what? It's a phone!Alexander.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 04:29:46 pm
content: what ? no chipset analysis ? no layer count information on the pcb ? what a bunch of amateurs ..

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 05:19:53 pm
content: How much does that magazine cost?Take my money dammit! A nice hackable Android phone would be fun - even if it is likely the bottom of the line model with a colour LCD.Very surprised they couldn't find a way to hack a cheap photo frame - no need to have things like bluetooth and keyboard - I guess spinning a custom board with SIM card and LCD is too expensive for a small advertising project.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 05:38:28 pm
content: 5$ is the cost of that magazine plus the sim free data anybody ?

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 07:46:17 pm
content: just went to the store... the ones in store don;t have this.... only if you are subscribed to the magazine..

author: senso
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 08:14:55 pm
content: An old school usb port?Really?

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 08:56:49 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on October 09, 2012, 07:46:17 pmMy wife subscribes to that magazine - we didn't get one.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 09:01:10 pm
content: I believe someone is sending me one of those.Dave.

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 09:33:47 pm
content: I don't recall where I read about this the other day, but I believe there were only 1000 units each in a couple of cities?

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2012, 10:24:33 pm
content: I think you had to be one of the lucky few in LA or NY only to get one.And yes - the youtube comments are quite amazing.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2012, 06:55:59 am
content: You know, I found the woman in the presentation to sound more like she knew what she was talking about than the guy did, but she was getting trashed in many comments. Sad.

author: samgab
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2012, 10:00:36 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on October 09, 2012, 09:01:10 pmOh, you should start with a little parody of this video... Hilarious.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 10, 2012, 10:39:24 am
content: OMG, I read the comments. That's called getting ripped a new oneDave.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 10, 2012, 10:49:08 am
content: Quote from: AntiProtonBoy on October 09, 2012, 01:23:57 pmYou always have to disregard the ** comments on YT as they don't count, but even then these guys got burned, classic!

author: meanpc
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2012, 10:40:34 pm
content: Quote from: westfw on October 10, 2012, 06:55:59 amReally? All she did was repeat what Ulanoff was saying. She said that the switch was a battery that was being fed by the bigger battery. She also said that the CCD (camera) was being used to run the LCD screen.For the Yanks - Ulanoff was the editor of PC Magazine when it was still being printed.

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 12:18:12 am
content: Quote from: meanpc on October 10, 2012, 10:40:34 pmTo her credit, there was a battery holder on the switch PCB, but it was obviously empty. I shouted at my screen, but she didn't hear me.

author: Barryg41
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 01:07:07 am
content: Tina Fey...on the cover?? In the words of Gilda Radner.....Never mind!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 01:49:05 am
content: Quote from: george graves on October 10, 2012, 11:56:37 pmHilarious!http://calvinayre.com/2009/10/30/entertainment/top-10-hottest-girls-in-social-media/Dave.

author: batterypowerguy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 04:07:43 am
content: I only finished watching it because I was hoping he would stab that polymer battery with his little knife.

author: FJV
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 08:25:58 pm
content: To be honest, my reactions to opening up such an advertisement would probably be just as amazed.An entire mobile phone with all it's technology used for some throw away advertising item.

author: marcosgildavid
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2012, 03:23:17 pm
content: This is definitely the most hilarious teardown I've seenIf I was Dave I would be terrified with such an amazing competitor.I can just picture it:OMG! OMG! It's drawing waves on the screen! Its... OMG OMG it's an Oscilloscope!LOL