Apple's wireless AirPods are going to be delayed

Apple's new wireless AirPod wireless headphones are going to be delayed. The devices, which were previewed along the iPhone 7 Plus as an option for the removal of the headphone jack, offered a new way to listent to music but more importantly showed a more intimate way to interact with Siri as well as serve as stereo or mono bluetooth headsets for calls and audio playback.

AirPods were expected to come 'late October' and speculated to be available for sale starting this week. Apple told TechCrunch that the accessories aren't ready and will need more time in the oven before they are going to be released in the wild. Some handpicked Apple media got to take pre-production AirPods and most say that they work well and are quite transformative. I guess we'll have to wait a little longer to find out if that is true.

Source: TechCrunch

HTC One delayed, now coming by late April

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I've received word from HTC Canada that the much awaited HTC One smartphones are going to be delayed in North America to around the end of April, a month after the flagship device was expected to come to market. Below is the statement shared by HTC.

Below is a statement from HTC regarding the availability of the HTC One.

HTC has seen unprecedented demand for and interest in the new HTC One, and the care taken to design and build it is evidenced in early reviews. The new HTC One will roll out in the UK, Germany and Taiwan next week and across Europe, North America and most of Asia-Pacific before the end of April. We appreciate our customers’ patience, and believe that once they have the phone in their hands they will agree that it has been worth the wait.

No reason has been given for the delay although some have speculated HTC's difficulty in procuring some of the components for the device. Will the delay dampen customer's desire for the HTC One now that various other flagship Android devices have been announced or does HTC need to do more to appease its customers?

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Surface Tension: Microsoft fails to deliver on Canadian and UK preorders, offers $50 coupons instead

Updated on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 5:30AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Updated on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 11:38PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I preordered, I paid, but Surface never surfaced.

Microsoft's innovative new Windows 8 Surface tablet failed to make it to customers who preordered in Canada and the UK on launch day. No reason was given.

Preorders for the device started as early as October 16, promising a launch day release. But many customers who took a chance on Microsoft's fledgling new tablet instead received e-mails offering them $50 credit and apologies for the 'confusion' that was caused. 

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(Updated: emails sent in error) Microsoft delays shipments of preordered Surface tablets to November

Updated on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 5:12PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

If you pre-ordered a Microsoft Surface RT tablet hoping to get it on the October 26 launch day, here' a bit of a buzzkill.

Microsoft just sent out email notice this evening stating that the 'The release date for the preorder product has changed. The product listed below will now be available on November 2, 2012.' This means you have a better chance of grabbing your Surface tablet at one of Microsoft's pop-up stores on launch day.

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