2024-01-02 - Brian Dipert

Technology forecast for 2024

Our intrepid engineer once again prognosticates the year to come, to be followed shortly thereafter by a look back at the past year.

2023-09-21 - Majeed Ahmad

Apple’s in-house 5G modem won’t be in iPhone 15

Apple's in-house cellular modem chip, which has been in the news for a few years, won't be inside the iPhone 15.

2023-06-21 - Brian Dipert

The Apple 2023 WWDC: One more thing? Let’s wait and see

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?

2023-05-29 - TAITRA

COMPUTEX 2023 Opens Tomorrow

COMPUTEX 2023 will gather over 1,000 manufacturers from 26 countries and feature over 3,000 booths.

2023-04-18 - Brian Dipert

FiiO transitions: Technology evolutions

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.

2023-02-07 - Brian Dipert

Streaming music reception: Implementation differentiation

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.

2022-12-16 - Brian Dipert

Apple updates: Upgrades and (more) repairs

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!

2022-09-20 - Bill Schweber

Book review: The evolution of consumer electronics

Tony Fadell's book "Build" provides a sneak peek at consumer electronics design while providing accounts of iPod, iPhone and Nest thermostat.

2022-09-14 - Brian Dipert

Apple’s (first) fall 2022 announcement event: half-steps provide only prior-gen augment (vs fuller advancement)

Another September brings new Apple iPhones, watches, AirPods and the chips powering them.

2022-08-29 - Brian Dipert

Disarming a carbon monoxide detector

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.