The iPad 3 is expected to be announced very soon, but there are already problems facing delivery. Due to some enhancements and supplier changes there is likely to be an immediate shortage of the new devices. This will likely only make it look more exclusive and create a greater desire to own an Apple. Click here for more details.

Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.