Sorry Roger, I disagree.

When a product is available for sale, as it has been on the Euro sites since late last week, it has been launched. When you put links to the product page that contains a 'buy now' link on the front page of your website, as Nokia Euro sites did late last week, it has been launched.

The stock problem that Nokia has isn't confined to the US, its worldwide and is symptomatic of bad, or extremely pessimistic, launch planning.