{"id":1912,"date":"2011-03-18T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2011-03-18T11:05:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:05:51","slug":"japan-earthquake-may-affect-gadget-makers-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/18\/japan-earthquake-may-affect-gadget-makers-suppliers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Japan Earthquake May Affect Gadget Makers \/ Suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve seen articles like this<\/a> all week from many sources (not just picking on GigaOm):<\/p>\n

Obviously, iPad 2 supply levels are the least of Japan\u2019s worries right now, but this could mean that Apple will have trouble meeting customer demand in the U.S., and might even lead to a\u00a0general postponement<\/a> of the international launch of Apple\u2019s latest tablet.\u00a0Apple\u2019s share value dipped earlier on the week, due partially to supply fears<\/a>, and while prices recovered yesterday, this latest report won\u2019t do much to allay those fears, either.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gizmodo said <\/a>it best:<\/p>\n

Thankfully, there’s no easier time than the present to remind yourself that it’s just a goddamn gadget.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’ve seen articles like this all week from many sources (not just picking on GigaOm): Obviously, iPad 2…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-uQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2320,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/28\/does-apple-even-have-a-cloud-strategy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1912,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 “Does Apple Even Have a Cloud Strategy?”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"GigaOM: Apple\u2019s massive\u00a0data center in North Carolina has been in the news of late, prompting morewide-eyed speculation among some analysts about its ultimate purpose. 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