Nokia N75

This is like ancient Egyptian history in cell-phone years, but this whole thing reminds me strongly of the Cingular 9300 fiasco. Nokia shipped the 9300 in Europe in 2004; during 2005 Cingular ran print-ads touting the 9300 as "the most anticipated device of 2005!"; then it was DEFINITELY going to ship November 2005. It finally started shipping around Spring 2006, and included hardware modifications presumably mandated by Cingular.