i guess someone (marketing) told them to give something before apple launches v4 ... to kill a bit the growing enthusiasm for iphone (and even android)
so ... it's just marketing
i'm afraid n900 is not in direct competition to android and iphone etc ... so ... we might have to wait ... and ... wait ... an maybe .... hope i won't trade my n900 for something else in the meantime

or ... maybe the good people from maemo could make us a surprise