I looked around a bit and didn't see a lot of posts mentioning where to place your pre-orders, but two places I frequent are now taking pre-orders.

Buy.com ($456)
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J and R Music ($480)
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I pre-ordered from mobilecityonline.com for 449.99 + 24.95 next day shipping! On their site they expect to stare shippine on the 23rd of November.

11/23 makes sense, thats black friday.

N810 INTERNET TABLET $420

Do you all have prior pre-order experience with either of these outfits? I would like to pre-order, but I am concerned that I could get it more quickly by getting it through Nokia, or perhaps a retail outlet if they have them.

For the N800, I picked one up at CompUSA the day it came out. Hopefully another brick & mortar outfit will have the N810 the day-of.

N810 INTERNET TABLET $410

As popular as this device is going to be, I bet on black friday there will be some discounts or bonus incentives with various sites. Like buy N810 and get a free flash drive or something.

I haven't gone through the policies yet of the various sites posted, but I know amazon (who doesn't carry it yet) has a pre-order policy that if you pre-order it at say $450 and it drops to $390 on release day, you pay $390. If it drops down to $300 during your pre-order but jumps to $400 on release day, you pay the $300. So I'd look for shops that have a similar policy.

Amazon: $441

They claim to have had it in their catalog since Oct. 31, but I've been looking every few days and this is the first time I've seen it. Oddly, a full site search for N810 does not show it as the first result; it is # 13 on the list. Perhaps that is why I did not see it before.
Besides my positive experiences with Amazon in the past, my most compelling reason to pre-order from them is that I am sure they will not lock the funds in my bank account (debit card). Most e-tailers claim the same for credit card, but they neglect to mention that it may not apply to debit cards.

From buy.com's help section:
"When will my credit card be charged?
Credit cards- Since we don't think you should pay for your order until it is actually on its way, Buy.com will not bill you until your products, including backordered or preordered items, are actually shipped.
Debit cards - We do authorize funds from your account as soon as you place an order, which may affect the available funds in debit accounts. With most banks, these authorizations will usually reflect as a "pending" transaction until your order ships and is officially billed."

Has anyone placed an order with Provantage or BLT Corp. using a debit card? Their prices are attractive, but the aforementioned issue with locking funds in debit card accounts makes me nervous. It can take days, even up to a week for those funds to be released. I am waiting to hear back from both outfits on their exact policies in that regard.

My usual strategy for ordering a soon-to-be-released gadget is to place orders with various e-tailers, leave only enough to cover the cost of one in my debit account and let whoever can ship first have my business. I then promptly cancel the other orders, of course

I spoke with a rep from Provantage today. She said their system shows the n810 to be available for shipping on the 30th.
BLT Corp. now also shows an ETA of the 30th (previously it was the 15th)

Buy.com's price is now $449 /w free shipping. Their site only shows Backordered (no real-time availability).