Apple iPad 2 delay, iPad 2 teardown, Japan calamities impact iPad 2 supply

Last week, shares of Apple did something they rarely do; they fall nearly 7 % in two days. Apple’s performance is at risk of being buffeted by the unfolding crises in Japan. The unusually sharp drop, which was twice as large as the decline in technology shares overall, was driven in part by worries over the impact that the crisis in Japan would have on Apple’s ability to make its block-buster product- iPad 2. Ipad 2 appears to have a short supply in the market and it may continue for more time.

Any problems affecting Apple’s supply chain in Japan will not affect finished products for weeks, analysts says. But some investors fear that Apple’s challenges in meeting demand for a product like the iPad 2 will simply get worse in the months to come as some critical components are delayed. Many companies would be happy to have Apple’s problem of high demand for their products. But Apple, like other technology companies, is at risk of being buffeted by the unfolding crisis in Japan.

Every major computer and consumer electronics maker relies on components that directly or indirectly come form Japan. Apple’s success, though, combined with its recurring difficulties in meeting the demand for some of its hottest products including iPad 2 and iPhone 4 have prompted investors to single out the company. The company which declined to comment for this issue is intensely secretive about its supply chain. While other companies typically don’t talk about whom they buy parts from, analysts say Apple takes secrecy particularly seriously and will cut off any supplier that it suspect of being loose-lipped.