I'm a big Apple fan. Keep that in mind when you read this. Apparently Apple has screwed up. According to this, Apple has delayed the release of their iPod minis in Europe and Asia.

While they blame the demand in the United States for the shortage of units to ship over seas, this announcement coming so close to the announcement regarding the dual G5 xserves concerns me greatly. I get the strangest feeling that something is seriously wrong in the Apple world. Perhaps a financial shortage, or a worker shortage. Perhaps some problem in the politics, or a factory issue. Maybe some factory was producing defective units and they found them before shipping. Who knows what the problem is. But I feel like for two major delays like this to come so close together, something's got to be wrong and related.