Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, in an interview with FOX Business, has revealed that Flash 10.1 support for WebOS and BlackBerry phones would arrive slightly later than expected in the second half of 2010.
Citing “surprisingly strong US demand”, Apple has delayed the international launch of the iPad by one month (preorders/pricing postponed to May). Huh, is a pile of 500,000 iPads really more than Apple expected to sell by this point?
Those of us lusting after certain Android tablets – like the promising Notion Ink Adam – may have to wait longer than expected. According to a SlashGear tipster, they’ll be delayed until spring due to “serious issues” with Nvidia’s Tegra 250 chipset.
Ooh, looks like somebody’s popular. If you tried to order a Wi-Fi iPad this morning, you might have noticed that the expected ship date has been bumped a week to April 12 and in-store pick-up has been nixed as an option. Seems like the first pack o’ Pads have all been spoken for. Just how many is that? There’s no way to be sure, but some of the most recent estimates put the number somewhere near a half a million. Yow. [9to5 Mac]
The Plastic Logic QUE, also known as the promising but $US650 Nook alternative, has been delayed until after mid-year. By then, will you still actually want an oversized ebook reader? For $US650, upcoming Apple and/or Android tablets are looking pretty good.
Yeah, that brilliant flash of light you saw streaking through the dark sky last early this morning? Not the space shuttle making its last ever night time launch from Cape Canaveral.
The MacBook Air hasn’t been refreshed since last June, but even then it was a pretty minor upgrade. We’ll have to keep on waiting for a newer model apparently, if a shortage in ULV Core i3 and i5 processors is anything to go by. [Hardmac via Slashgear]
According to a report on DigiTimes, Nvidia’s new 40nm DirectX 11-friendly Fermi chipset, after encountering development delays, has been pushed back again. Originally slated for November 2009, now we’re looking at March 2010 for the release. Meanwhile, ATI will release its comparable 40nm chips in January or February. [DigiTimes]
