The N900: Now you see it, now you don’t

I’ve found myself asking this question many, many times in the past 2 months. But according to an official Nokia press release today, the N900 is “now on sale in the United States.” That’s a pretty deceptive statement, however.

Try as I might, I could not locate a single N900 anywhere in the United States. Amazon, Buy.com, and Dell are still taking preorders for the device, yet haven’t updated the open availability, nor are customers getting any reliable answers through customer service. Newegg’s release date changed from 11/14/09 to 11/30/09. Nokia’s USA online store still has “end of November” availability. Nokia USA flagship stores do not have it. A twitter by the Nokia UK Flagship Store announced that the N900 would start selling on Thursday, but the tweet has since disappeared.

It makes me wonder: what the heck is going on here?

I have to admit, the N900 launch may go down in history as one of the absolute worst product launches ever. Nokia, you’d better get your act together if you’re going to take on Android (forget the iPhone).

If you want to learn more about the new Nokia N900 check out this squidoo lens: Nokia N900 On Squidoo and the Nokia N900 Video Reviews

This is the one of the biggest releases of all time from Nokia, so we are all exited to see them turn this one loose in the US soon!

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