Supposing this to be an accurate statement, rather than an uncorrected live-interview slip-up, it still doesn't mean a final release; a beta would seem to fit quite well, and be more inline with expected schedules. And that beta might or might not be demoed on final hardware.

I think an RX-51 announcement, and demo of a live unit running pre-release Maemo, is likely, but that statement doesn't really seem to confirm it to me.