His price prediction was wrong, but not because of an error on the production side, but because of plunging world consumption brought on by the great recession.

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For years, U.S. companies have worked closely with Chinese factory owners to improve production times and reduce error rates.

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For years, American companies have worked closely with Chinese factory owners to improve production times and reduce error rates.

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The error has caused a "hiccup" in the production of the eagerly-anticipated credit-card sized computer.

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As it makes the tricky transition from demonstration-scale production to commercial-scale manufacturing, it has little room for execution error.

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