With October coming to an end in a little over a week, and mobile phone geeks around the world eagerly await the Nokia N900 to start shipping, it seems that the device isn’t going to be “in select markets … October 2009” like the August press release said. Peter Schneider, Head of Maemo Marketing @ Nokia, posted a message to the official Maemo forum with the latest information regarding availability:
The Nokia N900 is a great example of what we and the open source community have been able to achieve with Maemo software. We are working closely with open source developers and for example, at the Maemo Summit in October, we loaned 300 pre-production units to get more feedback from the community. This feedback is extremely important to us and as such we also want to provide the best user experience with the Nokia N900.
We expect it to start shipping during November 2009.
I didn’t really feel compelled to share this bit of news with you, but a flood of emails and Twitter direct messages informing me of the “delay” changed my mind. It’s only 1 week people. You’ll live.
Now take a deep breath, go out and find yourself a Halloween costume, and get blasted with your friends on October 31st.