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Bringing Apple's Jobs Back To America

In 2007, a little over a month before the iPhone was scheduled to appear in stores, Mr. Jobs beckoned a handful of lieutenants into an office. For weeks, he had been carrying a prototype of the device in his pocket.

Mr. Jobs angrily held up his iPhone, angling it so everyone could see the dozens of tiny scratches marring its plastic screen, according to someone who attended the meeting. He then pulled his keys from his jeans.

People will carry this phone in their pocket, he said. People also carry their keys in their pocket. “I won’t sell a product that gets scratched,” he said tensely. The only solution was using unscratchable glass instead. “I want a glass screen, and I want it perfect in six weeks.”

Article makes you wonder:

—Would America be better positioned if it could figure out a way to ship things by air more cheaply?

—Is America’s only role at this point to come up with smart ideas? All we do is create concepts and not build things anymore?

—Will all these workers living in dorms abroad ever jump ship?

—Paresh Dave, Neon Tommy