September 9th, 2009
This week we’re giving away a Black 16GB iPod Nano with Camera. Retail value $179.00. Contest ends on September 11th at 12:00 P.M. CST.
There are three ways to enter this week’s giveaway. You can enter multiple ways, and each individual can end up with up to 7 entries.
1.) Join us on Twitter (Click Here to visit our Twitter page) and Retweet the following message “RT @powerbookmedic is giving away the new iPod Nano: http://tiny.cc/o2aJK”
Retweet Autofill for New Nano Giveaway
The retweet counts as 1 Entry. (You must still be a follower when the contest ends to be eligible.)
2.) Join us on Facebook and comment or interact with our wall. (Click Here to visit our Facebook Page.)
This counts as one entry. (You must still be a fan at the end of the contest to be eligible.)
3.) Write a blog post about us or the giveaway with a link back to our site and email the link for the post to twitter@powerbookmedic.com.
September 8th, 2009
When you stay as busy as we do, sometimes things get put on the backburner. Today we’re releasing one such project; the iPod 4th Generation Teardown video…better late than never!
The video is embedded below, and is also available form the link below:
September 4th, 2009
We’ve just added several new iPhone and iPod products to the store. Here’s a quick rundown.
1.) iPod Nano 2nd Gen Battery Replacements – $9.95
2.) iPod Classic LCD – $29.95
3.) iPod Classic Back Case 80GB & 160GB Versions – $19.95
4.) iPhone 3G Headphone Board White and Black Versions – $19.95
5.) iPhone 3G Hold Switch – $14.95
6.) Tri Wing Screwdriver ( for Unibody models) - $8.95
7.) iPhone 3G Speaker Assembly – $14.95
8.) iPhone 3G Midboard Assembly – $24.95
9.) iPhone 3G Home Flex Cable – $14.95
10.) iPhone 1st Generation Microphone – $9.95
11.) iPod Touch 1st Gen Home Button – $9.95
Have a great holiday weekend everyone. We’ll have a lot more to announce next week, so stay tuned.
September 4th, 2009
And the winner is …. random # 351 … which is …
Twitter follower @codyblackout
Many more great giveaways are coming in the weeks ahead, so stay tuned. Thanks to all who participated.
September 3rd, 2009
We’re always looking for ways to improve our customer experience, and for the last several months, we’ve been working on a feature to do just that.
For those of you who do not know, in addition to selling parts for self repair, we also have a full featured send-in repair service for Mac laptops, iPods, and desktops. Click here to go to our repair center home page.
Prior to today, we had two options for getting your machines to us:
1.) We’d ship you a box to send in your unit.
2.) You shipped your unit to us in your box.
Today we’re proud to announce an even easier way to send in your unit: UPS Store Drop Off. Now, with our integration with the UPS Store, all you have to do is take your Mac laptop and your work order from us to any UPS Store location. That’s it. They’ll box up your unit, send your unit to us, and charge our account for the shipping charges.
What’s the cost for this new service?
It’s Free for Ground shipping and $75 for overnight shipping, and yes that includes the return shipping cost.
As we’re just unrolling this new program, it is currently only available for Mac laptop repair. In the next few weeks we’ll open the program up to iPods and desktops as well.
To get a free quote for upgrading or repairing your Mac, click the link below:
Free Quote from our Repair Center
To go ahead and schedule a repair with the new UPS Store Drop off, click the link below:
Schedule a Mac Repair or Upgrade
We’d love to get your feedback on the new service. As always, let us know about any features or services you’d like to see us provide.
September 2nd, 2009
If the iPhone 3GS had parents, its father would be the iPhone 3G, and its mother would be the 1st Gen iPhone. If it had a Grandma, that would unequivocally have to be the Apple Newton. We’ve done teardown videos on all of the iPhone models, and so it seemed only logical (and respectful) to give the Newton the same honor.
What’s the Newton you ask? The Newton was one of the first PDAs available circa 1998. It was revolutionary and ahead of its time. The system had handwriting recognition, applications, data storage, etc.. It was a Palm before the Palm was cool.
The main goal of the Newton was to revolutionize personal computing. At the time, the project was considered a failure in many ways as it did not live up to its goals. However, looking back, the Newton was the springboard for a lot of the current technologies we enjoy today. For example, the software that goes into iPods was developed by some of the Newton creators. Also, the handwriting recognition engine from the Newton crept into the Jaguar operating system in the form of Inkwell and is rumored to be the base of the handwriting recognition for the rumored Mac Tablet.
So here’s to the iPhone’s Grandma and her progeny:
September 1st, 2009
We just released our latest teardown take apart video. This time we’re showing you how to take apart the Macbook Pro 13 Inch Unibody model.
The video as well as the source files (so you can download them to your computer or iPod) can be found at the link below or can be viewed in the embedded player below:
Click Here to Go to the Macbook Pro 13 Inch Teardown
Want to see all of our teardown videos? They’re all available at our Free Repair Guides Home.
The Video is also embedded below:
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