Tag: shortages
iPhone 5 shortages caused by Sharp touchscreen display delays
It's already toting up record sales figures, hitting 5 million handsets sold in its first weekend on sale alone and smashing previous records by a whopping million sales, but Apple's iPhone 5 could have sold even more were it not…
Eee PC's global success story – next stop: Japan
It’s small, it’s portable, you can hack the hell out of it and even replace its cool Linux build with Vista – and soon the Japanese will have to chance to get their hands on Asus’ star portable blogging station.
Coming to Japan in February of 2008, working the poor old Asus manufacturing facility is about to get one hell of a lot harder…
Nintendo losing $1.3bn of potential sales thanks to Wii shortages
That’s enough money to fund all of our fantasy lifestyles, and is the amount a New York Times report says Nintendo is losing out on this year thanks to Wii stock shortages.
James Lin, senior analyst at the MDB Capital Group says Nintendo “could easily sell double what they’re selling” – and it’s playing into the hands of the enemy. Sir Howard Stringer, boss of everything at Sony, said “I’m happy that the Wii seems to be running out…
Apple could face iPhone shortages for 1-2 months after launch
When a doctor from the Supply Chain Management Institute says a new gadget is likely to suffer shortages, you tend to believe him. So Dr Simon Croom’s warning that Apple is likely to suffer serious supply issues in its first couple of months on sale shouldn’t be disregarded.
