I know nothing of Nokia's release plans but I would guess the N900(?) is done given it has passed the FCC test. And we know chinook SDK is in beta. So if you assume the new device will feature chinook and it's consumer oriented. Then, one would assume you would release it prior to the US Thanksgiving holiday, both OS and new device to capture the largest marketing opportunity in the US. This coupled with the recent price drop of the N800.

The N800 January launch was a surprise, but I had to convince my wife I needed to spend $400 after Christmas for a new toy. Not an easy thing to do.

My birthday is Nov. 14th so I'm betting somewhere around that date. At the very least our buddies at the FCC will shed some light on the device.

On a side note would it hurt Nokia to demo the new unit, or leak some information. Didn't hurt Apple any demoing a device that wasn't going to be released for 6 months. I don't think the iPhone would have sold as well if they hadn't. I would argue the release was anticlimactic to the build-up. But it does successfully stall the market for this type of device (competitors). For Apple that didn't have any products in the channel it worked well.

-- my thoughts