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Apple's unexpected iPod shortage spreading (flag)
www.appleinsider.com — Although Macs and iPhones were seen as Apple's ticket to a healthy holiday quarter, the electronics maker has reportedly been struck by surprising demand for iPods and is now scurrying to restock some of its reseller channels.

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You Might Have a Hard Time Finding an iPod for Christmas [IPod]
Gizmodo — ... You expect Wiis to be rarer than cancer-survivor unicorns around Christmas, not iPods. But analyst Shaw Wu says that iPod shortages are going all around, from the iTouch to the shuffle, and at multiple retailers. ...

Difficult to Get iPods For Holidays
High Tech Lounge — ... its lead times significantly. The 8GB iPod touch (2nd-gen) was previously available on a lead time of 11 days, but that has now been pushed to three to five weeks. The lack of stock is not only affecting Amazon, of course, as major retailers like Best Buy, Target, and Wal-Mart are also reporting shortages of certain colors and capacities of the iPod touch, iPod nano, and even the iPod shuffle. Yes, they can’t even keep the shuffle in stock. Difficult to Get iPods For Holidays Source: appleinsider.com

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