Articles tagged Foxconn.

Foxconn Explosion – iPad 2 production line

May 20, 2011 17:00 by: Mark Reschke   0 Comments

Categories: Humor , iPad , News

Tagged: blendtec , explosion , Foxconn , iPad-2 , Tom_Dickson

Early reports (and videos) are pouring in, in what appears to be a Foxconn manufacturing facility which exploded a few hours ago. The initial reports are claiming the explosion occurred in an iPad 2 production building, and that the explosion has effected several floors.

Initial speculation as to what caused the explosion was thought to be a fine dust (think grain elevators), which ignited and caused the explosion. At this point it is not known as to how many people, if any, have been injured, and we certainly wish everyone the best and are hoping no one has been injured.

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iPad 2 Supply - Getting Worse

March 19, 2011 19:59 by: Mark Reschke   2 Comments

Categories: News , Products

Tagged: Apple , Delay , demand , Foxconn , iPad , iPad-2 , lines , Xoom

It has been nine days since iPad 2 rolled out into stores across the U.S. Apple, Best Buy, Target, Walmart and some Sam's clubs all had iPad 2 on it's Friday night debut. But since the iPad 2 launch, the supply chain hasn't been filled, it's been all but depleted, and it's more than just about demand — somethings wrong.

For the ninth day, lines across America continue. Thousands of people are still spending tens of thousands of hours gathering during their much needed REM sleep time for a shot at finally being able to purchase the magical product. But instead of Apple being able to deliver a higher volume of iPads and time moves forward, it appears Apple's manufacturing capability is diminishing.

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