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Like power houses like apple, or san disk, they order their parts from japan. 40% of all flash memory is coming from japan. so this is likely to have a domino effect around the world. >> that means there are likely to be shipping delays as well? >> thats correct. theres going to be some shipping delays, weve got some major launches around this time of year as well, the ipad ii just debuted in the u.s. on friday. as well as around the world on the 25th of march. weve got two weeks today, the nint...

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Theres a new tablet available to rival the first ipad. our technology analyst, syndicated writer, marc saltzman is here with us. so were talking about ipad, competing with itself with a new one. and yet, theres another? >> thats right. were talk about the ipad ii in a moment, which will be unveiled on wednesday. but, yes, we have the first, i would consider the first real contender to the ipad. and that is the motorola xoom. this is what it looks like here, and thats xoom-x-o-o-m, its a 10.1-inc...

Videos. but one exciting feature that im really hoping for, yet unconfirmed, is something called nfcs, or near-field communication. in a nutshell, a new wireless technology that lets you swipe your tablet for mobile payments. you swipe it at a terminal or lets say youre leaving a movie theater, you see a poster for an upcoming film, you take your ipad ii or iphone 5 and you swipe the poster it will automatically download the trailer to your tablet or smartphone. so were hoping -- >> were have ab...

Let me show you how fast it is to load your music. its like less than a millisecond. watch this, i just tapped it and youre good to go. look at that thats unheard of in a tablet, including the ipad, that exists now. well see about the ipad ii, in a couple of days. but really fast performance. a dual-core processor. running at one gigahertz. this is the first one. if you like to tinker and you like android, which is more of an open operating system, this is the first to impress a lot of critics o...

Half-joking, because its true, apple, i remember there was an "snl" skit, because the moment they release a product, its already obsolete. i would argue that the first-generation ipad is amazing for a first product in its category. that being said, around the corner on wednesday in fact, in san francisco apple will unveil the new ipad ii. though they havent confirmed it, the invitation i received, along with other analysts and journalists does show a tablet behind the march 2nd dade for the even...

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Tablet coming out, i would have $24, $25. the price is about $800. that is much higher than the entry level ipad. some folks reacted, whoa, this is too much money for me for a tablet. >> tablets dont do everything computers do? >> they have a touch screen. for a lot of people they are more portable. there are seven inch ones. the xoom is ten inch, the ipad is ten inch. some people love it and swear by it and pref it over their computer. >> ipad is ubiquitous. my mother owns one but i dont. the f...

Those who studied latin won. the plural of prius, is not priuses. the plural is prii. rest soundly. dont say i dont give you things to talk about the water cooler, okay. the ipad is facing stiff competition. motorola is trying to cut in with a new android device known as the xoom. experts say it is not going to beat apples baby because of one little word. price. here to tell us about tablet wars -- >> if i had a dollar for every

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