No offense (and much appreciation) to those of you who created and maintained this thread, but I thought I would post that for a week or so (perhaps longer) N9s have been available on Amazon.

Looking at the listing, now, where it is sold by FGS trading (no idea who) but the order is fulfilled by Amazon. That means the item is stored in Amazon's warehouses. I'm a Prime customer and the N9 is showing up with the Prime logo, meaning free 2 day shipping. The list price for the black 16gb is $670 (i refuse to list 99c prices, sorry) with a limited amount in stock.

The "more buying choices" ad underneath the "add to cart" button shows some at $650 + free shipping.

I may jump on that. if i do, i'll obviously respond and let you know hwo it goes, and try to answer the questions that have popped up regarding the manufacturer, screen quality etc.

A friend working in Thailand said the Nokia store told him it would be 18,900 Baht (570ish USD) and available in November. I am not competent enough to try organize buying/selling these things or comfortable being a middleman, but perhaps this may help you if you know of someone going to Thailand.