I think Nokia should have done a little bit more planning. They should have held off until the summit to announce the n900 and then start the pre-order. Then give the pre-release hardware and software about a month to work out the major bugs that would keep anyone else from developing. Then we would have been waiting from end of October until late November when the device will be released. Which would be a typical pre-order wait. Anyone that keeps up with new technology are always waiting. But that kind of wait is not as bad as completing an order form and looking for the actual release of the device you have been waiting for a year or more to start using. Regardless I am keeping my nokiaUSA pre-order, and cant wait to see the ship notification, because I have been following the n900 for a while now.