We talked about the Eee Keyboard all year long while waiting for Asus to make it official. Well guess what, folks, it’s still not available. The computer has been announced and then delayed at least a couple of times, and just when we thought we might actually see it in action we hear that the Eee Keyboard is being revised. Apparently the 5-inch resistive touchscreen panel is not good anymore and a capacitive touchscreen display will replace it. The new panel should offer a better touch experience as it will resemble the one found on various smartphones out there, including the iPhone.

The Eee Keyboard will probably not be available before Christmas so you can go ahead and scratch it off your letter for Santa.

via reghardware

Tags: ASUS, Christmas, delay, Desktop PCs, Eee, keyboard, Portable Devices, Revision

In case you are waiting for Intel to launch USB 3.0 chipsets then we have some really bad news for you. Although the new USB standard has been official for quite a while, Intel will apparently start delivering those USB 3.0 chipsets only in 2011.

Various manufacturers have already started making USB 3.0 gadgets which we won’t be able to enjoy in the near future. According to inside sources “tech and strategy groups [at Intel] are not always aligned with the product development teams that are in the mode of trying to make revenue and prioritize what to integrate.”

In other words there’s no point in buying USB 3.0 devices just yet since it will take two years until Intel starts offering USB 3.0 chipsets to the masses. What do you say folks, is this fair to us? Aren’t we entitled to USB 3.0 speeds?

via EETimes

Tags: 2011, chipset, delay, Intel, Mobile News, Portable Devices, USB 3.0

Once again AT&T does as it pleases when it comes to handling its own business. We’ve seen some strange decisions in the past and now we have one more such decision for you. It looks like the carrier doesn’t feel ready to launch that BlackBerry Bold software upgrade. And after all this waiting it looks like a “software issue affecting the interaction between the device and network enhancements being deployed.” Aha! Right! That surely sounds like a serious problem which needs to be addressed immediately. So anyway, what phone are you going to choose to replace your BlackBerry Bold?

via BGR

Tags: At&T, At&T, BlackBerry Bold, delay, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, upgrade

Ever since the netbook craze started, companies, Asus and Acer especially, have been pumping out new models at an alarming rate.

Well, it seems that the duo is finally taking a break as reports have emerged that the two companies will put a hold on any new netbook models until 2010. This delay is apparantly due to Intel waiting until early 2010 to debut their Pine Trail-M platform.

For now, Asus and Acer will reportedly focus on producing ultra-thin laptops for the rest of 2009.

Read (DigiTimes)

Tags: Acer, ASUS, Business, delay, Laptops, Laptops, Mobile News, netbooks, netbooks, Notebooks, ultra-thin

Previously thought to be launching on July 15th, it seems that the HTC Hero’s UK launch has been pushed back. This news comes to us from Amazon UK’s HTC Hero product listing that now states the device will be released on July 24th.

Those anxious to get their hands on the handset need not fret as the delay is only about a week. However, since HTC’s Hero has been so well recieved thus far, those who haven’t already pre-ordered probably won’t get their hands on the device until some time after it hits the streets.

Now the question remains, when will we be seeing the HTC Hero on a US carrier? Anyone?

Tags: amazon uk, Cell Phones, delay, handset, HTC, htc hero, touchscreen

Are you sitting down folks? Because this is going to be legendary! That’s right you heard me right the first time. Microsoft is going to sell its famous Windows XP all the way through 2011. The company doesn’t seem ready to discontinue it especially since so many netbooks are using the OS and probably some netbooks to come are going to also keep using it. Microsoft was going to discontinue XP after April 23, 2010 but it looks like that it’s all history. The Windows XP downgrade option will be available to everyone interested in it. That way Microsoft is making sure that besides Windows 7, which isn’t out yet, it will have a pretty dependable OS to offer. After all, nobody will want to get a Vista downgrade if they don’t like 7, will they?

Tags: 2011, 7, delay, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile Software, netbooks, vista, xp

The ASUS Eee PC T91 netbook should have been available in the UK for several weeks now, but the 8.9-inch tablet has been nonexistent from online and traditional retail stores. A company official told AsusTablet, that delay is due to a “logistical mishap” in distribution and that we can evidently expect the netbook to arrive in stores from Monday June 22nd. 

This ASUS representative didn’t go on to explain the exact nature of the “mishap”.   It’s also unknown whether the delay will impact shipments of the netbook outside of the UK. The T91 is supposed to begin shipping in the U.S. this week.

Tags: ASUS, ASUS, delay, Eee PC T91, logistical mishap, netbook, UK

We just don’t care anymore of the Asus-Garmin nuvifone will ever see the light of day. The phone has been delayed again and by the time it will actually be released we will be busy with lots of other hot phones. Garmin’s president and COO Cliff Pemble said in a conference call that the nuvifone G60 is complicated and that “bringing one to market that’s built totally from the ground up on a custom Linux platform is not an easy task.” I am sure he is right but the company had plenty of time to figure out a way to make the nuvifone happen. What’s more annoying is that the partnership with Asus hasn’t been that beneficial for the nuvifone yet. What phone will you buy instead of the nuvifone G60?

via Twice

Tags: ASUS, ASUS, delay, G60, Garmin, Garmin, nuvifone

If you’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of the HTC Magic, successor to the HTC Dream or T-Mobile G1, you are in for some potentially bad news. 

Pocket-lint has recently recieved the following statement from HTC themselves:

“We are delighted with the interest that the HTC Magic has received since its launch with Vodafone at Mobile World Congress 2009. We are confident that Vodafone’s customers will be delighted with the HTC Magic in spite of a short delay due to a last minute hardware change”.

Don’t get too upset as this delay could mean only a few days added onto the release date considering the Vodaphone pre-order page still has it up for an April street date.

Tags: Cell Phones, delay, HTC, HTC, Magic