I am posting from the N900. Pretty easy to do. I have it running on wifi because I have not signed up with TMobile.

Nah, I don't mean retailers like Amazon or Newegg. I meant more retailers as in Nokia's own retailers like NokiaUSA.

Damn man, I soooooooooooooo wish I was in Chicago or NY

How is it they charge $ 569 in the stores but $649 on the website? I think im going to cancel my order if this is how its going to be.

how's the keyboard on that baby?

Because this release wasn´t confusing, chaotic and messed up enough

The next commercial for the N900 might feature the webmaster for nokiausa.com. Apparently he was offline as it happened that the flagship stores began selling to call-ins and walk-ins. When he wakes up the price and the "pre-order status" might change to "available".

But it is good that units are finally going out. 200 in NYC and 200 in Chicago. I´m looking forward to the general pre-order release.

The keyboard is pretty good. It clicks softly when you press the keys. There are a few things that I will have to get used to: location of the comma (upper right), only one shift key (on the left side), the backspace & return keys are located next to each other (and can be confused by fast-clicking fingers) and finally O is next to 0 and can be confused easily.

"Only selling to guest waiting list now."

It's like waiting for a Honda during the oil crisis!

Finally went up there today after they called me at 10:30a. I was most excited, but because of the lighting ceremonies the Mile was PACKED but the Nokia Store was empty.

There was another guy there oogling it. It's a great device! I am having serious serious doubts about buying one (though the online prices are DEFINITELY worth the wait).

The device feels solid and, despite the resistive screen, very responsive. And I have fat fingers. The keyboard took some getting used to but it took getting used to from a Samsung BJ II to my current E71x.

Everything is as it is online. I didn't see the native Skype app installed. It was only on WiFi (not on their T-Mobile). Maps seemed -- well -- underwhelming compared to the likes of Google Maps but I am sure that will change at some point. It's very useful.

The web browsing, though, would be my killer app. Seriously the most beautiful and crisp browsing experience ever on a mobile device. Everything loads quickly (on WiFi) and renders perfectly in the sites I visited.

Will I get one!? I will make a decision within the week for sure. $500 is a lot to sneeze at...

I hope if you went to the Chicago Flagship your all using the 15% off coupon for the Magnificent Mile event.