Our intrepid engineer once again prognosticates the year to come, to be followed shortly thereafter by a look back at the past year.
Apple's in-house cellular modem chip, which has been in the news for a few years, won't be inside the iPhone 15.
Apple designs solid hardware, along with closely coupled and richly featured software. But when do its products' notable price markups vs competitors, especially in modest-at-best sized markets, become a deal breaker?
COMPUTEX 2023 will gather over 1,000 manufacturers from 26 countries and feature over 3,000 booths.
Audio peripherals, like all electronics devices, inevitably evolve. Product line transitions sometimes result from manufacturer aspirations, while other times they're driven by customer requests… and sometimes they're in reaction to supply constraints.
20+ year old tech devices still hold a special place in this engineer's heart, one that newer offerings haven't (yet, at least) been able to replace.
Grinches really can have (temporary, but still…) transformations and pleasantly surprise you sometimes. Read for the details of this good-ending tale, and happy holidays, everyone!
Tony Fadell's book "Build" provides a sneak peek at consumer electronics design while providing accounts of iPod, iPhone and Nest thermostat.
Another September brings new Apple iPhones, watches, AirPods and the chips powering them.
A quick perusal of the instruction sheet educated me that the CO alarm was the “end of life signal” operating state, and it would need to be replaced. The word “teardown” near-immediately popped into my still-groggy brain.