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.
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.
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.
Noise-suppressing headsets and earbuds: Differences, but all telephony duds
Active noise cancellation sounds (pun intended) great in theory, but its reality is underwhelming if not degrading.
Microsoft Surface Duo: A software evolution testimonial, but for who?
Foldable smartphones deliver compelling use case benefits, unfortunately in combination with (getting-fixed) bugs and performance limitations.
Apple’s Spring Event pique: A not-so-unique chiplet ‘peek’
Apple's system transition to its own processors seems to be on track, if not ahead of schedule.
The Microsoft Surface Pro X: Windows without the x(86)
Here's an in-depth look at the Microsoft Surface Pro X.
Inevitable demise of the standalone camera
Will standalone cameras completely disappear? Not any time soon. But for the masses, they're increasingly being supplanted by image capture-capable smartphones.
Teardown: Apple AirTag
Bluetooth-based trackers definitely aren’t a "dime a dozen," as this teardown analysis makes obvious.
Repurposing a HDV camcorder for the home office
Here's how you can use a high-def video camcorder as a webcam for your home office.