My latest on the Computerworld Tool Talk Blog:
In a hurry to get your hands on iPad accessories? Better pre-order them fast. The ship dates are slipping, slipping, slipping into the future, according to reports.
First, the iPad case slipped a little bit from April 3 to mid-April. Now, the iPad Keyboard Dock is seeing bigger delays. It was originally set to ship to customers in mid-April, but now Apple is saying May, according to 9to5mac ("Delays hit iPad accessories, more shortages to come?")
And the iPad Camera Kit, for connecting an SD card or digital camera to your iPad, hasn't even appeared in the Apple online store. That's a problem because the iPad doesn't have USB or other standard interfaces, so you'll need the camera kit to connect to your camera.
Third-party vendors have already started a cottage industry of iPad accessories, as they did for the iPhone and iPod, notes The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
Also, Flash support -- or lack of it -- is making iPad news. Will lack of Flash support be a problem? Many Web videos and games on the Web require Flash to run. On the other hand, sites including the Wall Street Journal and NPR are coming out with Flash-free versions, according to All Things Digital. Virgin America is also coming out with non-Flash versions of its home page, although it will use Flash on inside pages, says AppleInsider.com
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