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Roku officially rolled out their Netflix set-top box back on May 20 and it went from available to unavailable very quickly. Within just three days there were already reports of 10 day delays, now with a few weeks we are learning that they are running in the ballpark of 6 to 8 weeks behind.

“Privately held Roku said its backlog will take six to eight weeks to clear up as more units arrive from Asia.”

Of course the Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings was not able to comment on just how many players have actually been sold, which to me means that this comes down to whether the player was actually a big seller or if the inventory was just low to begin with.

Having a Roku player myself, it makes me wonder who is still attempting to purchase one, and is in-turn helping to keep these delays growing. While the player itself is great and it does exactly what it claims to do very well, the available content is so limited I have hardly been able to use mine. Personally had I been a little more thorough in checking the current titles that were available before my purchase I most likely would have held off a while.

Read [Business Journal] Via [Hacking Netflix]

The European release of the Touch Diamond from HTC has been pushed back a few weeks. Originally scheduled for a June 9 release, it is now being shown as a “worse case scenario delivery date” of June 23. HTC has not made any official announcement regarding the delay other than stating it was “due to circumstances beyond our control,” of course others on the web have been reporting other details. Mobility Today has claimed that the delay was caused by a ROM update and that HTC needed to update the firmware. As of now its just a small delay, lets just hope it does not see any further delays.

Via [Gizmodo]

While there has been some reports of the HP Mini-Note 2133 shipping out and landing in users hands, we have seen reviews as well as unboxings begin to appear online, but it turns out that not all of the Mini-Note’s are shipping as expected.

I placed an order for the 1.6GHz Windows Vista Business model on April 12 and was initially given an ‘estimated’ shipping date of April 18. Without any notification from HP and no sign of HP charging the card, a quick check of the status online revealed very little information, it actually told me that the order number was “not found in the Vista.” With a little bit of worry beginning to set in a quick call to HP resulted in yet worse news.

An agent was kind enough to take the order number and place me on hold, only to come back and let me know that she would have to get back to me in a few hours. I simply cannot imagine it taking several hours to check on whether an item is going to ship, but I guess that is how they do things. After a few hours, well actually about 6 hours later I received the dreaded email stating the Mini-Note 2133 was indeed delayed, until mid-May.

“The supplier is reporting a 5/16 ship date but we are working on bringing this date in.
Please check back on Monday for an update.”

Of course we are still unsure if this delay is affecting all models, or just some. Has anyone else been experiencing Mini-Note shipping delays? I would hate to think I are the only one, of course there is still hope, albeit little that the Mini-Note will ship before May 16.

It seems that with each passing day the estimated shipping dates for the recently announced HP Mini-Note 2133 seem to be increasing. What began as an estimated shipping date of April 15 has quickly moved up to April 20. As Liliputing noted yesterday the estimated date was April 19, a quick check this morning showed it as of April 20, it seems the date is moving up by one every day. If you were looking or considering placing an order, you may not want to wait to long.

Although having the estimated shipping date seem to increase at such a rapid rate, we have to think that this is just based on popularity of the item and the amount being sold and not an actual product delay. I had placed an order fairly early after the announcement and have yet to receive any notification about a delay in shipping, hopefully the already placed orders will ship as originally expected.

Via [Liliputing]

Sprint Nextel has announced the planned roll-out of their Xohm WiMAX will be delayed. According to a company spokesperson we can now expect it “later in the year” but rumor has it that it will come sometime this summer. Sprint was also quick to make it clear that the delay was not due to anything technical, claiming that:

“We want to make sure the launch meets our expectation,”

This delay can not be good news for the recently announced Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition. As far as the Cloudbook Max announcement, we were initially put off by their availability which came as it was “expected to be available in a year,” it now seems that is no longer an issue. Of course those in Chicago, D.C., and Baltimore will still be able to enjoy the service while everyone else waits, thanks to the soft launches that Sprint had in those areas.

Via [cellular-news]

It seems the recent rumors about the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 being delayed are just not true. According to an official statement from Aldo Liguori, who is the Corporate Vice President of the Global Communications and PR department at Sony Ericsson it will be released as originally planned.

“I can confirm that we will be launching the X1 product in 2nd Half of 2008, as per our announcement of 10th February that we made in Barcelona”

This is definitely excellent news for those waiting for the XPERIA X1. Hopefully this will hold true and not have any future changes that cause a delay, its still nice to hear that at least as of now it will be released as scheduled, its just a shame that it could not be sooner.

Via [unofficial Sony Ericsson blog]

Originally expected to ship during the second half of 2008, it now is being rumored that the highly anticipated Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 will be delayed until 2009. While the XPERIA X1 seems to be a very hot phone with a great set of specs, with a wait time as long as this it will be interesting to see just how well the phone will sell upon release. I would imagine most people would get tired of waiting and the initial buzz will die down.

In addition to the release of the X1, the list also includes a variety of other Sony Ericsson launch dates. You can check out the full list of release dates here: Sony Ericsson.

Via [semcblog]

Today is the day that the Cloudbook is set to begin shipping. After a few delays we have reached the launch date once again, the Everex website still refers to the 2/21/08 date, so far so good.

With that ZaReason, who currently seem to be the only company to actually ship a Cloudbook have announced they will discontinue selling the laptop. ZaReason is citing they will stop selling the laptop because of all the pre-orders they took, then had to cancel because of Everex. That caused them to lose a lot of money due to “bank transaction fees” because of the refunds.

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I say actual user with a little sarcasm, but its nice to see a Cloudbook in the hands of someone other than press. While I value the review that Laptop had given us, its nice to see a user who placed an order actually have their hands-on the Cloudbook, it just makes it seem a little more real.

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Our calendars are marked and we have been eagerly awaiting the actual release of the Cloudbook, but it looks like we may be waiting even longer. DigiTimes is reporting that we are set to have another delay of the Cloudbook and the release could be pushed back into March. The reason behind the delay is not in relation to the gOS as we previously suspected, but instead due to the weather in China. Yes we are aware just how strange that seems.

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