OK, I 'might' have some news on this, at least from the Nokia direct order side of things..

After hearing about the delay from MPD to the end of the month, i rang them and they confirmed what others have been saying, but still wouldn't give a date.
I then rang Nokia and went through to sales and spoke the the guy there. Now this is just what he told me, about my order and I cant claim that it applies to anyone else.
When I enquired about ordering a phone - I was told, categorically, several times, that Nokia UK are not getting their n900's until Fri 20th.
I ordered a phone (see proof below) and with express delivery, I was told that I could expect delivery for Tues, maybe Wed if Im unlucky.
I enquired about getting it Mon, but was told that as they are taking delivery on Fri, then they would not be shipping it out until Mon, so delivery Tue/Wed to the customer
he was absolutely certain that they would not receive their n900's until Fri, he was also certain that they would have enough to fill ALL pre-orders and spare...

Hello Martin

Thank you for shopping at the Nokia UK Online Shop. We have received your new order. Please note that this Email is simply an update on your order status and not an Order Confirmation.

You will receive an Order Confirmation by email for all products once they are shipped.

Please be aware that your order may be subject to an additional security check before being sent.

The details for the order you placed on 17-11-2009 are shown below.

Order number CNLxxxxxxxxx

At least I have a date now and can now get back on with my life
And I have a spare n900 to sell now on ebay!

Hope this helps the people who have ordered direct from Nokia

Hi edgedemon,

I can't believe Nokia anymore. Cause, according to them, my N900 would be in my hands since 3 or 4 weeks now. They told me that they have it in the hands and it would be shipped within this week.
That was... well... the 20th october I guess.

ok. this website displays the map of the port of MASAN.

Masan is the town in south korea where the n900's are manufactured. it has a port of which the website is down here:

http://www.uniprosmarine.com/port/port-masan.htm

so i think it is fairly safe to assume that the n900 will have departed from that port.

if you want to see the map of MASAN and the harbour on google maps, type in "nokia TMC" at the search function. it will guide you to the exact location of the factory.

Now if we CALL the port or the nokia TMC factory, there might be a way to figure out on which boat the N900 has departed.

Then we can use a ship tracker tool, which can be found on the internet to locate where the ship is now, or just call the port to ask them what the ETA of the ship is.


Nokia TMC Ltd.

8F 705 19 Yeoksam Dong
Seoul 135 080
Korea (South)

Tel: (82) 2 2186 5000

(nokia tmc in maps.google.com gives this : 055-290-7777‎ telephone number.)

country code for south korea is:

so 00 82 55 290 7777 should work since the country code is 82 and area code is 55.

the other number is in seoul which has are code 22 so that should be 00 82 22 186 5000


Web Site: www.nokia.co.kr

Oh now I get it.. it's a ploy so that I don't get my phone before my birthday. Monday 30th it will arrive then. And it's my other half's fault.
That would be sort of 'late November' and also (hedging bets) early December- AND 14 days after shipping................................. sussed it.

http://www.obchod.nokia.cz/novinky-telefony

Anybody here truly believe Nokia started shipping the phone or they said it is "released" so people here can shut up.

who is gonna call?

Inttteresting! - i ordered from MPD, a new vodafone contract on "9th Sept - no credit check done yet! Humph.....

I think they have misspoken and for real wanted to say that they think of shipping the phone

Well that worked well then