I ordered on 11-20 and just got off of the phone with customer service.

They told me that in their system the ship date was January 22nd, but that the rebate would still be honored, even though I would be receiving the device past the deadline. They also said it could potentially ship earlier but that the 22nd was the date they currently had in the system.

The customer rep I was speaking wasn't aware that some early Amazon pre-orders had already been shipped. I told her that information was available on the forum for the N900. I got the feeling that she really wasn't sure about anything....

Oh well, I thought I'd relate what she told me.