You know, there might still be a reason for the early release and all this waiting. Apps. If Nokia had pushed N9 to the market as soon as it was introduced, there would have been no apps. And as we know, in today's tech blogs that's all that matters. Reviews would have told everyone it's a nice device but there's no software so don't buy it. And due to the bad reviews, developers would have been even less interested of MeeGo Harmattan. So with a "slight" delay, devkits are being delivered and coders have a few weeks to port their Symbian and Maemo projects to N9. And when Santa comes, there actually might be some apps and games to download. Even Voddler might be coming according to their forums.