How about because all of the first devices available are going to genuine nokia flagship stores and online stores? First corporate customers have already had their devices here in Finland so the first batch was reaaaally small.

I seriously think there is some sort of component shortage on these cortex chips...

But I do agree that Nokia should start to hold back these "SHIPPING started!"-announcements and just stick to these "in stores now!"-announcements because average Joe doesn't know how long does it take for, let's say 200 000 devices, to get from factory to home door/shop.