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A recent article on the iPad blog, The iPad Guide, details the contents of a recent letter to investors from Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek which reports that the launch of the Apple iPad will be either delayed up to a full month or limited to the United States only. Though unconfirmed, the letter from Misek warns investors that Apple may have less than a third of the 1 million unit iPad inventory it has announced it would have come the March iPad release date.

The source of the delay is an "unspecified production problem" leading to production bottlenecks that is greatly reducing the number of units being produced by

Canon today announced the launch of the EOS-1D Mark IV, its newest high-speed professional DSLR camera. The Mark IV is now available for pre-order from several online retailers:

According to Senior General Manager of Camera Development Center, Canon Inc., Mr. Shinbori, "Throughout the EOS-1D Mark IV’s development, [Canon] carefully studied feedback from [its] photographers and developed a camera to meet their specific requirements." This resulted in the 1D Mark IV featuring a new Canon 16.1MP APS-H CMOS sensor and a brand new 45-point Auto Focus (AF) system with 39 f/2.8 sensitive cross-type points... "With a brand new, high-quality CMOS sensor and Dual “DIGIC 4” processors, the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV allows photographers to be the first to get the highest quality images to picture desks in what is becoming an increasingly competitive market." The dual DIGIC 4 processors allow the camera to shoot continuous high resolution images at 10 fps while

LG Electronics has announced the successor to the company's most popular phone ever, the LG Chocolate. It is expected to be unveiled some time in August.

The same design team that produced the original Chocolate has designed the newest incarnation. Although little information was provided in this latest press release it is apparent that although the new phone will feature a "highly distinctive design that takes optimal advantage of the device’s features and performance," it will still stick to the minimalist style and "iconic design" of the original Chocolate. The

Some new rumors about Apple's newest incarnation of the iPhone have surfaced in the past 24 hours concerning a release date and details on some of the new features. According to a source closely connected to Apple's hardware team the iPhone 2009 is set to launch on July 17th.

Although some are describing the upgrade as "minor," judge for yourself... The new iPhone will supposedly be equipped with an OLED screen, which in my opinion is pretty major. OLEDs emit light,

The highly anticipated Palm Pre's official release date and pricing has finally been announced. Available exclusively from Sprint the Pre will be in Sprint, Wal-Mart, Radio Shack and Best Buy stores nationwide starting Saturday June 6. The Pre will retail for $199 with a two year service plan and after a $100 mail in rebate.

The Palm Pre is designed to bring your professional, personal and social information together on a single device - according to Sprint president and CEO Dan Hesse "The argument that you need one phone for work and another phone for play, or that you have to make compromises between business and lifestyle productivity, is over... With Pre, compromises of the past are history.” The Pre operates on the new webOS platform which introduces Palm Synergy, a feature designed to bring work and personal life together smoothly in a centralized view. For example, if you have the same contact in

Canon has officially announced its 2009 Spring sale on a variety of cameras and lenses. The rebates will be offered from May 3 through July 11th and, what's more, they are instant rebates - no mail-in nonsense or coupons required. The deals offered are no trifle either, there are many $100+ rebates and even a $500 rebate on a telephoto lens.

Some deals of note include the highly popular Rebel XSi entry level dSLR and the more advanced EOS 50D.

The Canon EOS Rebel XSi is a 12.2 megapixel entry level dSLR, perfect for those who are new to digital photography plus plenty of features for those with experience. Canon's Spring rebate offers this camera in an $849 kit deal ($200 rebate). The kit includes the camera, obviously, a Canon EF-S

It looks like some of the next generation iPhone's specs are beginning to show up around the web. Macrumors has apparently been monitoring the Chinese forum Weiphone and has found something of note - a screenshot and a list of some features and specs.

Earlier this month a forum poster on Weiphone.com uploaded what is claimed to be a screenshot from a next generation iPhone with a "MB717LL" model number. It appears to have 32 GB of storage. The original poster also made a few other claims... In addition to the 32 gigs of storage the new iPhone will have a 600MHz CPU Speed (up from 400MHz) and 256MB RAM (up from 128MB). The phone will also

Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the availability of Samsung's Alias 2 text messaging phone. It replaces the original Alias and has a nifty new keypad powered by E- Ink that the original did not have.

E Ink is the technology behind the low power displays on Amazon's Kindle and Kindle DX wireless reading devices. Samsung uses E Ink in the Alias 2's keypad, which allows it to morph depending on the orientation of the phone. The Alias 2 has a dual-hinge form factor that allows it to open vertically as

Despite rumors that Samsung's Android device production would be delayed until late 2009, the South Korean company yesterday introduced its first Android powered device, the I7500, which according to JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics," is "most innovative Android mobile phone." It will be the third Android powered device on the market, after the HTC Magic and the T-Mobile G1.

The I7500 is a candy bar style phone with a 3.2 inch HVGA (320 X 480) AMOLED touch screen. It measures about 4.5" X 2.2" X .4" and does not have a physical keyboard. It has 8 GB internal memory

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) yesterday officialy adopted the Bluetooth 3.0+HS (high speed) specification. The Bluetooth 3.0 +HS spec will allow devices that have both Bluetooth 3.0 +HS and Wi-Fi to pair via Bluetooth and transfer data via Wi-Fi at rates up to 24 Mbps, which is about 10 times faster than the previous incarnation, Bluetooth v2.1 +EDR (enhanced data rate). This will allow users to transfer large amounts of data wirelessly. The new spec also addresses power control issues to reduce battery drain.

Within 24 hours of the Bluetooth SIG adopting the new standard, leading communications semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announced that its InConcert BCM4325 Bluetooth + Wi-Fi + FM chip and the associated BTE software have qualified as compliant with the new Bluetooth 3.0 +HS standard. While competing manufacturers have been using multiple components to implement the