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don't be so hard on yourself.
in fact, NOKIA messed it up because apparently they completely underestimated the nbr. of participants.
of course, for them it is easier 'cuz they never said anything (publicly) about giving away devices, thus no big deal for them, but that's not a reason to blame yourself for that.
i think whether the devices are distributed or not @ MeeGo 2011 doesn't change the fact that the RM-680 is a developer device or is the one and only MeeGo device that will be available from NOKIA this year.
of course, having them distributed and an official announcement of a device w/out keyboard would have settled the matter.

thus, we are back to speculation, rumours ¦-)

and in case you haven't noticed yet, i'm not making this a personal vendetta or anything; it is a general rule which i think may apply to a couple of posters on this thread, indeed.
this being said good communication is not based on (entertaining) rumours, no matter how closely one is related to them.
maybe a lesson?