This post is meant for those who are still interested in release dates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLfi3...feature=relmfu

For those who don't speak Portuguese, the responsible for Nokia smart devices in Latin America says in this video that the n9 will be available in Brazil by the end of Q3 2011 / beginning of Q4 2011.

My first guess is that they're sticking to the September 23rd release date.

Since Nokia is a VERY strong brand in Brazil, my second guess is that they chose to release the n9 in the markets where they don't need to reposition their brand. People in Brazil will buy the n9 as the new Nokia flagship, without questioning if the OS is Meego, Symbian, Android or whatever.

By the way, if I read right what Nokia has been saying in the last few months, Symbian and Meego are not dead, they will be replaced by Windows Phone in the markets where Symbian was unsuccessful. Elop said in an interview that Nokia is going to release at least 12 Symbian phones in 2012 and that Maemo/Meego/Whatever is going to live on as an experimental platform.

All I see is different strategies for different markets: Symbian is replaced by WP where it's unsuccessful (Nokia shares the marketing costs with Microsoft); Symbian stays alive for a while where it's sucessful (low marketing costs); Maemo / Meego / Whatever stays alive in the Nokia labs and developer communities with an experimental device being release every 12 to 18 months (R&D budget).

EDIT: Conclusion: there's no need to panic!