> Analysts Vincent Chen and Alison Chen with Taiwan-based research firm Yuanta Securities Co. issued the report, *Bloomberg* said on Monday. > > “Our checks suggest new issues are being encountered with the new production and it is taking time to resolve them,” said Chen. “As a number of Android 3.0 tablets are being launched in April and May, the delay in iPad 2 shipments may give the Android camp a brief window of opportunity.” > > According to the analysts, design changes made before the Chinese [Lunar New Year](http://www.appleinsider.com/…

> Dell says its target audience will use the Streak 7 plugged into wall outlets and TVs through an extra-cost dock, but I wouldn’t buy a tablet with battery life this poor. via [ptech.allthingsd.com](http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20110209/the-streak-7-bargain-tablet-from-dell-is-no-real-deal/)The key part of that quote is “Dell says.” Meaning the company who makes this turd actually considered the battery life problem and decided that users wouldn’t mind PLUGGING IN THEIR TABLET COMPUTER most of the time. You have to be remarkably disorganized as a company to…

> Now that the iPad is out, though, I don’t expect to see new hardware revisions pre-announced — at least not by more than a handful of weeks. Overall, I think the iPad fits most naturally into the same schedule as the iPods: where new hardware is announced and ships in September. The iPad was [a massive hit](http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/01/18results.html) during this past holiday season. > > I don’t think April is a particularly good month for an annual iPad release. I don’t…

> [](http://www.macrumors.com/2011/01/12/ios-4-3-beta-brings-software-option-for-rotation-lock-or-mute-on-ipad#) > One of the more controversial changes made with the release of iOS 4.2 late last year was a change in the functionality of the [switch](http://www.macrumors.com/2010/09/15/ipads-orientation-lock-switch-becomes-mute-switch-with-ios-4-2/) on the side of the iPad, moving it from a screen rotation lock to a mute switch as seen on the iPhone. Apple CEO Steve Jobs had even reportedly [responded](http://www.macrumors.com/…

> After Research in Motion beat Wall Street expectations with its quarterly earnings Thursday, co-CEO Jim Balsillie asserted on the company’s earnings call that the upcoming PlayBook 7-inch tablet is way ahead of Apple’s iPad. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/16/rim_posts_impressive_earnings_co_ceo_says_playbook_way_ahead_of_ipad.html)Apple has sold roughly 8-10 million iPads so far. Probably a lot more now that we’re in the tail end of the Christmas season. RIM has sold how many…