Apple Catches Up With iPad Demand

Apple has finally caught up on supply for the iPad to the point where someone ordering the device online will receive it within 24 hours. The tablet computer, which had seen shipment delays for up to two weeks since releasing four months ago, has shipped over 3 million units worldwide.

The iPhone 4, however, is still seeing some combination of manufacturer issues and high demand two months after its release. A new iPhone 4 only ships three weeks after being ordered.

Source: Mac.Blorge {link no longer active}

Chinese Game Console In The Works

Lenovo is developing a game console for the Chinese market. According to the China Daily, the world’s fourth largest maker of PCs is working with Beijing-based eedoo Technology to create the eBox console.

The eBox is also rumored to feature Kinect-like motion control and is scheduled for release in 2011. Traditionally, game consoles have not had much success in China, since piracy is rampant and law discourages their sale.

Source: Reuters

Sony Seeks To Block PS3 Modchips In Australia

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia was recently granted a temporary injunction blocking the importation and sales of new PS3 modchips. They will have until August 31 to convince Australian Federal Court that the devices are in fact illegal.

Distributors of the modchips will have to give their stock to Sony until the August 31 deadline. The issue is somewhat dicey in Australia, since their Supreme Court ruled that modchips were legal in the country, though Nintendo banned R4 carts.

Source: Kotaku

Apple Reportedly Working On 99 Cent TV Show Downloads

Apple is reportedly in talks with various television networks. The company would like to create a rental service on iTunes that would let users rent TV shows for just $0.99.

ABC and Fox in particular are being courted for this idea. This could also give a boost to the settop box iTV digital media service set to launch in the Fall, which could be Apple’s last chance to challenge the growing multimedia capabilities of the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Source: Information Week

Apple Mulling Cloud Music Service

According to inside sources, Apple may be looking to unveil a new cloud based music service. While negotiations are apparently ongoing with the four major record labels, there still could be an announcement about a data hub.

“The company has indicated that the data center is on track to be completed by the end of CY10 and it will begin using it then,” wrote Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. “We believe an announcement at the September event is likely, but the service may not begin until late in CY10. With Apple’s growing family of connected devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV and Macs) it only makes sense that Apple would deliver a cloud-based media service to leverage its competitive advantage in the space.”

Some think that the focus of the September 1 event will merely be the unveiling of the new iPod Nano and perhaps some Apple TV announcements. “It’ll be about the iPod,” said Gleacher & Co. analyst Brian Marshall. “Apple TV, that’s still chugging along. They will likely introduce [an Apple TV] in a sleeker case with more storage, but that’s not going to be a big deal.”

Still, announcing the service was in the works could get consumers happy and deflate recent streaming music services like MOG and Rdio. Apple likes to announce products and services and immediately make them available, so we’ll have to wait and see.

Source: Ad Week {link no longer active}

Capcom Ups The Ante On Dead Rising 2 Special Edition

Today, Capcom announced the Dead Rising 2: High Stakes edition. Available excluslvely through the Capcom Store, this very limited edition will include a game, high-impact case, poker chips, playing cards, green dice, a Fortune City Visitor Map, Terror is Reality XVII admission ticket for unique DLC and a “Golden”  Terror Is Reality XVII admission ticket, which is redeemable for a six- foot Dead Rising 2 zombie replica. [Correction: We’ve been informed that only one HSE will include the ‘Golden’ ticket.]

Anything Dead Rising you could possibly want and more!

Source: Capcom-Unity.com