According to the people at 1 866 59 NOKIA the "Your ###### pre-order is released for shipment" email means that your order is waiting for Fedex to pick it up from the warehouse. That has been the status of my September 24th preorder since Friday. The most honest agent I have spoken to said that they would have a tracking number before it shipped and that it would likely be Wednesday before there was any movement of N900s.