Unintended benefits

摘要

Name a product that's designed to global standards and has a leading-edge processor, a state-of-the-art power system, an ultracompact mechanical design, and an extensible operating system and feature set. There may be others, but the cellular handset is the best example of the above description. The mobile phone is also the perfect classroom for designers in today's glob- al engineering profession. Dissect this amazing product, and you'll learn how technology choices, such as basing a design on programmable processors, lead to added functions, such as imaging and music. Equally key, you'll come to understand the conflicting forces that affect product design. You'll see how a hot product yields enabling technology that you may use in different ways. You'll learn to keep an open mind when it comes to features and usage models. And you'll learn how not to set product prices.