The APPera

So it turns out the iPad Delay is somewhat true after all. Previously announced last January as a “late March” arrival, the iPad WiFi only versions will now arrive April 3 with preorders taken as early as March 12!

For starters, pre-orders will open March 12. You can pre-order online like all the cool kids are doing, or if you want it the old fashion way, you can go to your local Apple store and reserve for pickup.

This also includes pre-ordering the 3G model. You can head over here to check out everything regarding preorders and information about the device itself.

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It took Apple some years to finally grow a pair master a tablet and show off the iPad last March, but what’s this we’re hearing the launch of the WiFi only iPads may be delayed!?

What iPad?

If you ask AllThingsD, they’re hearing news that the manufacturer of the “god machine” are having some “unspecified problems” that MAY limit distribution of the devices from 1000K estimate to just 300K!

“An unspecified production problem at the iPad’s manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision,” the analyst explains, “will likely limit the launch region to the US and the number of units available to roughly 300K in the month of March, far lower than the company’s initial estimate of 1,000K units.”

The initial production problems may in fact ALSO affect April’s predicted 800K unit launch. All together, these delays may push the release by up to a month.

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Co-Written By: Dan Morgan

Suprise surprise SURPRISE! Today, ngmoco announced the acquisition of Freeverse. Just when you thought ngmoco is remaining pretty quiet for the first half of 2010… BOOM! This news is on top of the $25 Million funding ngmoco received today which was used to also buy a game we loved… Charadium.

Lotsa $$$

Freemium Freeverse On The Way?

ngmoco is behind popular games such as Rolando, Eliminate, Topple, and has shifted to the ‘freemium‘ payment model which seems to be going well for them. Freeverse on the other hand has a bunch of popular games, most of which were on the top 25 for a long time or currently still are.

With ngmoco taking over, it seems they’ll be shifting to the ‘freemium’ method too, though apparently not like Eliminate (where you have to pay more than once for powercells). We suspect they’ll offer more of a “trial” system where DLC is one time pay instead of constant payment aka powercells.

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Tired of not being able to downloads apps just over 10MB using 3G/EDGE? Apple felt your pain and has now bumped the download limit from 10MB to 20MB. This is especially good news for those times when you’re itching to download an app but can’t find a WiFi signal.

Victory!

I’m not too sure as to how happy AT&T subscribers should be since a 20MB download over their 3G network should take you about an hour on a good day. For everyone else, I hope your network is better than mine to fully utilize this Apple enhancement.

What This Means For iPhone Devs?

Look at the Tap Tap Revenge apps and tell me if there’s ONE SINGLE app that’s over 10MB? I thought so!

Why do you think most FREE tracks should be downloaded separately?I now expect Tap Tap Revenge 4 to have more tracks pre-downloaded.

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Remember the quote “Friends Don’t Let Friends Play Wow.” Well it looks like that’s going to be a lot harder to achieve now that Blizzard has FINALLY confirmed that WoW Auction House iPhone is definitely TRUE and coming soon.

This piece of news isn’t really something that came off the left field seeing the success of the WoW Armory for the iPhone. WoW Armory for those not familiar with the game is like eBay restricted to WoW items and cash. Blizzard is also careful to note that the full functionality of this app will be somehow PAID on top of your current WoW monthly subs.

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