Nokia N900 Release Date Delayed [N900 Shipping Date Set Back as Initial User Feedback Results in Further Refinements]

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If you’re anxiously awaiting getting your hands on the Nokia N900 it seems that you’re going to have to be even more patient following the N900’s release date already having slipped (it was due October) as, according to reports, Nokia are now refining the N900 following on from user feedback which now sees the N900’s shipping date set back to sometime in November.

In fairness, it was already known that the N900 would not see the light of day till next month – Peter Schneider, head of marketing at Maemo had confirmed this – but now, what with Nokia having received feedback from the 300 pre-production units loaned out to gain user reactions, it seems that this is now set in stone as Nokia look to refine the N900 experience consequent to having received what we assume to be constructive criticism, thus ensuring that they ‘provide the best user experience with the Nokia N900’.

Here’s the official word from Peter Schneider concerning the present status of the N900, as offered up by N900Blog:

In reference to your questions on the expected shipment date of the Nokia N900, let me tell you the latest information from Nokia:

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.

Peter Schneider

Head of Maemo Marketing

Nokia Corporation

So, those itching to avail themselves of the (it’s fair to say) highly anticipated N900 will have to wait till next month – perhaps even until the end of next month – no specific date has been offered, not that you’d expect it to be – whilst Nokia work to make your experience of the N900 all that more enjoyable. Fair enough.