I've been away for 3 days and still trying to catch up - and that's just this thread.. I have a headache. But no real news yet I fear.

This twitter user claims to have it from Amazon USA today:

http://twitter.com/KimMiller02

#n900, FINALLY GOT IT !!! Got home from work today and it was with the landlord. Thanks AMAZON !!! I have been waiting for the N900 FOREVER about 1 hour ago from web

I don't believe it... it was their first tweet.

I was just thinking the same thing. I might not get mine right away from Dell, but at the $430-ish price I locked in, I'd be more than willing to wait for it and save almost $300 of the price listed above.

Some ***** trying to stir the threads up most likely.

Ya that tweet seems highly dubious. There are close to a thousand thread up on Amazon with no one reporting any emails from amazon shipping and she some how got hers from Amazon..what a crock!

Okay, here's the response I received from my e-mail to Amazon, which is below that:

Hello,

I apologize for any misunderstanding about the delivery estimate.

We rely on the manufacturer for release date information. Our most recent information was that "Nokia N900 Unlocked Cell Phone/Mobile Computer with 3.5-Inch Touch Screen, QWERTY, 5 MP Camera, Maemo Browser, 32 GB--U.S. Version with Full Warranty" hasn't been released yet and the expected release date is not known. We'll make sure to update our website listing when we know more.

Once this item has been released and we receive copies, we will be able to ship it to you. It is not uncommon for there to be a delay of several weeks between the release and distribution of a new publication.

When your order is shipped, you should receive an e-mail message confirming the date, contents, and method of your shipment. As per our standard policy, we do not charge you for items until they enter the shipping process, so you will not be charged for this item until it is available and we have shipped it to you.

Regarding the rebate, As mentioned on the website, your order must be placed in between November 16, 2009 - December 31, 2009 to eligible for rebate. If you want to take the advantage of the rebate, you may cancel this order and place an new order.

To cancel your order, go to the URL below and click the "Need to cancel an item?" button:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/css/summar...616534-5329061

If you have any further questions, please visit our online Help department:

http://www.amazon.com/help

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

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11/21/09 12:12:18
Your Name:John Bigelow
Order Id: 103-3616534-5329061
Comments:I have a few questions regarding a pre-order I have for a Nokia N900:

1.) I pre-ordered this phone on Oct. 20 and the $50.00 rebate that Nokia has available requires a purchase date between Nov. 16, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2009. It is my understanding that when my receipt is issued by Amazon, the "purchase date" that will be printed will be my pre-order date of Oct. 20, thereby rendering me ineligible for the rebate with Nokia. Is this correct?

2.) If I would be ineligible for the rebate as outlined above, and I wished to cancel my existing order and enter a re-order, the "ship date" changes from "Delivery estimate: We need a little more time to provide you with a good estimate. We'll notify you via e-mail as soon as we have an estimated delivery date" on the existing order to "your items will arrive after December 25, 2009" on a new pre-order. Does Amazon maintain a shipping "line", meaning the people who pre-ordered first will get the phone shipped to them first? Did Amazon not order enough phones to cover any potential pre-orders? I am confused by this Dec. 25 date and will not re-order if I then will have to wait many weeks past when I originally would have been shipped the phone. Please advise.

There is a lot of conflicting information posted on various message boards regarding these topics and I would appreciate it if you would answer my questions above to the best of your knowledge and Amazon's policies.

Thank you for your time.

Generic. Only answered one of my questions (about the rebate). So I changed my shipping from 2-day to overnight and it changed the shipping estimate from "we don't know" to "after Dec. 25." I've about had it.

$50 is $50 though. I cancelled my original order and re-ordered, taking the chance that "there are no lines in the pre-order." By Amazon's definition/printed receipt of when the purchase/order happened, even if this damn thing ships in January, I'll still qualify for the rebate since my new order was between Nov. 16 and Dec. 31.

The rebate must be mailed by January 8, but its okay though. cus the rebate fine print states that you can just notify Nokia that you will send out the rebate mid February. Then you can just push it back a month or so, you no spring break and all... If you make a press release and wait even longer they will double the rebate amount!

Disclaimer: This post contains no hard new information. Just some thoughts about what we know so far.

My feeling, from these threads and other forums, is that there is a very significant number of people holding double or even triple preorders - one with Nokia, one with Amazon, one with Newegg, Buy.com and Dell.

Once the first retailer starts shipping, there will be a lot of cancellations, and the other retailers will be stuck with very large inventories.

First point: This creates HUGE pressure on the retailers to be first to ship. If they haven't started so far, it's not because they don't care. Either they don't have the phones in stock or they are legally bound to start selling on a particular date. I bet every dude(tte) going to the Flagship stores is cancelling a preorder somewhere.

Second point: Once retail shipments start, there will be large inventories available (due to all the double preordering and cancellations). This will bring prices down and create a surge of sales, especially if it happens before Xmass.

Third point: Nokia have taken the "no such thing as bad publicity" to its limits with this launch. I don't believe it's clumsiness. I think they were very careful and calculated in holding back information and releasing bits and pieces to keep the interest up, while delaying the launch just long enough to let the buzz reach the largest audience possible. Time will tell, but I think that annoying as it was from the customer's perspective, this release will make it into the marketing text books of the future.

So funny and a completely different way of looking at things. Maybe someone else should call them up and tell them they are considering "shooting up" because they can't get their N900 fix.