Photos: Inside the iPod touch

The battery is connected with conventional wiring and solder. That means that the battery is not really replaceable. The battery pack is malleable and could actually be folded like a piece of paper -- but we don't recommend it.

Covering the non-battery end of the touch was a high-tech example of electrical tape. With this tape removed, we could get access to the various silicon chips.

Under the tape we found two more screws, but the metal plate hiding some of the chips in the touch just popped off -- at least after we removed that last bit of tape.

Credit: TechRepublic

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