Originally Posted by RevdKathy

Reflect for a moment. Imagine you are going to drive a long way - say 600 miles - and the people at the other end want to know when you'll arrive so they can have a meal ready. How can you predict?

You can give them a vague ballpark, and hope you hit it, but with the uncertainty of traffic, weather, that accident on the m5 and a couple of tractors, the chances are you'll be wide of the mark.

You can make a worst case estimate, give them that and then hang around in the playing park opposite their house till the time you said you'd arrive. (Which is roughly what most manufacturers do - someone has already said that the big release video game recently was preceded by days of it piled up in stores Not For Sale).

Or you can call them up and say "I'm now leaving" and hope they can be mature enough to make a guess about when you'll arrive and be flexible about the possible transport complications.

Which is more or less what Nokia did. Peter's comment was your n900 calling you from Korea and saying "I'm now leaving". I guess it just got stuck behind a tractor somewhere on the High Seas.

Originally Posted by sharper

They don't bother to release information as useless as when they ship from their factories (because unsurprisingly nobody cares) but they do tell you when it's showing up in shops.

Originally Posted by att

Investors care.

Originally Posted by att

Investors care.

Originally Posted by theinternet

Nokia(USA) called and canceled my order for me. They said that they changed distributors and all orders need to be canceled. They said that when i get my money back (in 3-5 business days), I should call them and place a new order. I was urged not to worry because I will still be a "priority pre-order customer."

Honestly, im tired of getting dicked around.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Originally Posted by sharper

Investors care about revenue. They want to know when the stock will be sold and how much revenue Nokia will book for this quarter.