I pre-ordered a N900 at the Nokia flagship store in Helsinki about a month ago. At the time, they were saying that it would come in around mid-October. They then changed that date to the end of October. I left Helsinki on the 1st of November, and before I left I popped into the store to see if there was any change. I was told that when they had the Maemo meet in the store (21st Oct), It was mentioned that they would launch on the 16th November. I was also told that the Nokia store would get the handsets before general sale. So who you gonna trust - Reuters? Or me? Please, please prove me wrong.....