Just a thought, but would it be completely off base to speculate that, perhaps due to the unexpectedly good buzz and strong pre-orders, Nokia found one or more retail channels (say, CompUSA?) in early Nov? And, perhaps that retailer wanted to sell the 770 at a little higher price point, and not compete with the internet sales site until after the launch at their own stores?

Crazy talk, I know...

Hey all, I work at CompUSA. Today we received a display from Nokia with a live 770 and a phone the N92 I think. I was so excited to see the Nokia 770. The screen is awesome. I am going to try and update the firmware sometime this week and maybe install some apps to show off. We also have some on order. So hopefully it will be here soon.

Also, the price will be $399.99.

This really burns me up. I'm not as convinced of the attempt to supress competition between Nokia's site and CompUSA, but I AM pretty ticked at the probable cause of all the unit shortages-- shipping product to the retail stores FIRST, before fulfilling online orders! This would explain why various shipments have been mentioned/rumored by customer reps but they have failed to ship to anyone here. I can only imagine how many units have been shipped out to various stores without ever fulfilling a single web order. No wonder they won't talk about the delays! No one wants to admit that there's been a bunch of units appearing and disappearing just as quickly to brick-and-mortar stores. It's obvious where the early adopters and ethusiasts fall in their scheme of things-- Dead Last.