well well well..

Mobile Phones Direct have just cancelled their Vodafone PAYG subsidy on the N900.

The price is now equal to 'SIM Free' at £449.99
http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/...spx#tabsAnchor

I guess this is as close as we'll get to a confirmation that the PAYG pre-orders will be shipping without network lock to Vodafone UK

They've also changed availablility date to Saturday the 1st of November - Presumably they mean Saturday 31st of October!?
..unless they're talking about shipping in 2015