After plucking the N900 US launch news out of thin air (read Twitter) last night, I was eagerly waiting for an official announcement from Espoo side on this and looks like the tweet was right. N900 was indeed launched in the US yesterday, the 18th of November 2009, atleast thats what Nokia Conversations wants us to believe.
The official price of N900 continues to be at USD 649, which is what you have to shell out if you happen to drop by the Nokia Flagship stores in Chicago and New York. Even if you are ready to pay in cold hard cash, I doubt if you can get your hands on a retail unit yet for its been around 24 hours since the official announcement and am yet to come across an unboxing video on YouTube or even a tweet of anyone flaunting a retail unit of N900. Whats annoying is that the Nokia Conversations post claims that the device can be bought offshelf from the flagship stores and even online from NokiaUSA and other online retailers including Amazon, which unfortunately is far from reality. A click on either of these online stores, reveals that the N900 is still in pre-order mode.
If N900 is launched in the US, how come the Nokia US store is still showing it under Pre-order? Forget Nokia USA, let’s follow the Nokia Conversations post and check on Amazon.
It’s been known for quiet a while now that the Amazon deal is sweeter by 90 bucks but the status continues to “not yet released”. Is there any retail unit out in the wild there?
Apparently there is one! Not in the US though, but across the Atlantic over in London, UK this gentleman here is holding what seems to be the first retail unit of N900, which he won during the N900 meet up in London, last night.
So the bottom line is N900 continues to elude fans and retailers alike and yeah I will try my best to get hold of an unboxing video as soon as one appears on the web. Till then, drool over this retail unit in the clasps of this guy!