Good news, and more good news!. The good news is that Apple is launching the iPad 2 today in 25 other countries. The more good news is that domestic delays (when ordering online) have moved into the 3-4 week range. This is an improvement over the 4-5 weeks that Apple.com was quoting purchasers, although that may change with the additional demand being added to Apple’s already taxed assembly-line.

From everything I’m reading on Twitter and from my overseas friends, the lines in other countries are as long or longer as they were in the united states. I’m guessing the big difference is that people in other countries probably aren’t scalping iPads quite as frequently as they have been here in the US, although the flipping of products in the US has created a very lucrative aftermarket for iPad 2 models in nearly every configuration. If you have any comments on the foreign gray-market for Apple iPads, please do share.

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Has the next iPhone been found or pre-released by Apple Computer?

For those of you that remember, the Sega Dreamcast was one of the best, highest quality video consoles ever made.  Unfortunately, like so many other good technologies it failed and left the market very quickly.  A rumor recently surfaced that there might be a Dreamcast 2 on the horizon and today there’s another rumor that there will not be a Dreamcast 2.  My feeling – never gonna happen.  Good and bad for the consumer, but the world just doesn’t need another console right now.

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In 1984, CompUSA opened it’s doors and consumers and businesses stormed them to take advantage of value, knowledge and selection.  In recent years, it seems that the company lost it’s edge and quickly lost consumer marketshare to companies like Best Buy and Fry’s Electronics and business marketshare to companies like CDW and Dell.  In February of 2007, they shuttered 126 stores, including a handful in the Silicon Valley.  If a computer store can’t make it here…?

Therein lies the rumor – will CompUSA be closing the rest of their stores and logging out of the marketplace?  I suspect yes, but only time will tell.

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