Dell's having a difficult time keeping customers happy, with what appears to be near endless shipping delays on its Inspiron notebooks. Dell's blaming delays on parts shortages and difficulty with the company's new painting process. Sure, the new bright colors look pretty in its marketing materials, but picking a pink or green model can lead to some serious frustration. 
In the midst of all the new iPod announcements yesterday, Apple chopped the price of the 8GB iPod to $399 from $599. This upset many early adopters and many felt ripped off. Apple's respoded by promising a $100 store credit to those who bought an 8GB iPhone who didn't expect such a drastic price drop so quickly. 
HP introducing the iPAQ 300 series, a GPS device that can also act as a media player. HP's Alan Stokol, an iPAQ product manager showed us some of the 300 series features. Check out the video below. 
Seagate announced the Momentus 5400.4, a 250GB notebook hard drive. The Momentus 5400.4 uses perpinducular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to cram data on just two platters. 
HP officially announced the iPAQ 600 Business Navigator Series tonight. The new iPAQ 600 is a Quad-band, 3G smartphone with GPS navigation. This phone is all business and certified to work with popular enterprise applications. 
HP announced two budget business notebooks today for small businesses. The Compaq 6720s and 6820s are optimized for price and feature a silver lid, a deviation from the company’s standard dark-gray exteriors. 
Apple revamped its entire line of iPods today. The company announced the iPod Touch, an iPhone minus the phone, and updated the Nano, Shuffle and iPod Video. The iPod Touch features the same touchscreen as the iPhone and WiFi for web browsing and purchasing songs wirelessly. All of the iPods, except for the Shuffle, have an extensively redesigned interface. 
Apple unveiled the Wi-Fi Music Store, which will allow Wi-Fi enabled iPod and iPhone users to browse, preview and purchase songs over the air. 
Today Dell introduced the Precision M6300 mobile workstation for pros who need the ultimate in performance. Designed for artists, engineers and others that use demanding applications such as CAD, the M6300 is a true workhorse. 
HP's offering a 20%-off web-only coupon for the purchase of a customized HP Pavilion Notebook PC configured at $899 (after rebates) or greater at the HP Home & Home Office Store. Use Coupon code: NB2770. 
One MacBook owner went a little nuts because he didn't like how Apple handled his repair request. He claimed he woke up one morning and his MacBook wouldn't boot. Instead of paying more than $700 for the repair he decided that smashing his MacBook would send a message to Apple. 
AT&T announced Smart Limits for Wireless, a set of features that parents will love and kids will hate. The new Web-based features allows parents to control how and when their children can use their mobile phones, as well as limit the number of ringtones and downloads they purchase. NPD Group is reporting that Apple's notebooks are gaining popularity. The analysts said that for the month of June, 17.6% of notebooks sold in the U.S. were MacBooks and MacBook Pros. 
This notebook is turned on with a Victorian-era key and features claw feet. Designed by a New Yorker in his basement,the 'SteamPunk' style notebook started life as a mainstream HP computer and ended up being a work of art. Check out the video after the jump. 
Best Buy is selling a Gateway Notebook with Intel Celeron M Processor 520 for only $399.99 at BestBuy.com, after a $150 discount through 9/1. This notebook is bare-bones, with only 512MB of memory and Vista Home Basic, but will get the job done for the most basic home users. 
Belkin announced its latest iPod nano and iPod shuffle cases, which benefits The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. 
Nokia's busy touting a range of mobile handsets today at the Nokia GoPlay event, but what really caught many people's eyes today is the company's iPhone clone. The interface looks like a blatant ripoff of the iPhone, but details are scarce right now. Check out the video to see what future Nokia handsets may look like. 
Otter Products announced the OtterBox 1933, a semi-rugged, fully-interactive case designed to protect the BlackBerry 8800 series of smartphones.The OtterBox 1933 fits BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8820 and BlackBerry 8830 (World Edition). 
Samsung's showing off it's new UMPC at the 4G Forum in Korea. The SPH-9200 has a folding keyboard and a 5-inch touchscreen. It makes VOIP call over WiMax and has a 30GB hard drive.
Apple announced it is getting more aggresive with iPhone pricing. The