By Siobhan O’Leary

The tablet-formerly-known-as-WePad is facing a few challenges in the run-up to its launch. Firstly, Neofonie, the Berlin-based creator of the iPad rival has just announced that the launch of the WeTab will be pushed back three months to September. Pre-ordering will continue via amazon.de. As Buchreport points out, the WeTab is not the first much-hyped device to be delayed this year: The txtr reader is set to launch later this summer, though it was originally planned for late last year, and even the iPad was originally delayed a month.

Secondly, the WePad has officially been renamed the WeTab “to clearly differentiate [its] products within the international market for tablet computers.” One can’t help but wonder if Apple influenced the decision in any way, particularly in light of the iPad launch last week…