Monthly Archives: May 2025

iPhones are becoming boring

It’s the time of the year when the rumors begin about the new generations of iPhone 17 due out in the Fall and whether it’s worth upgrading to a new model. It’s a ritual that began ever since Apple introduced their iPhones eighteen years ago. Each year Apple tries to entice us to upgrade with […]

Apple in China – How Apple was captured by China

Throughout my product development career I’ve used Asian resources to supplement the work being done in the U.S. to bring new consumer tech products to market more quickly. When designing cameras at Polaroid in the 80s, I worked with Japanese camera manufacturers. Years later when I was at Apple developing the Newton, I used resources […]

How China manufacturing has actually created American jobs

Low cost manufacturing in China has taken manufacturing jobs from this country, but that doesn’t tell the real story of its economic impact. It misses one of the great benefits of China manufacturing: by being able to have China produce products at lower costs, it has given U.S. companies the ability to grow their businesses […]