Nokia N8 release postponed to October

Here’s some not-so-good news for those eagerly waiting for the release of the Nokia N8. After recently announcing they’ll be rolling it out later this month, Nokia has now revealed that they’ve postponed its release to October. Here’s the full statement as posted over at Engadget: The amount of preorders has exceeded our expectations and we are working hard to deliver the Nokia N8 to the market. In some markets, we had planned to start delivering the Nokia N8s to our pre-order customers by the end of September. To ensure a great user experience, we have decided to hold the shipments for a few weeks to do some final amends. We’re thrilled with the response that we’ve had to the Nokia N8 and assure everyone who’ve pre-ordered it already that it’ll be worth the wait! We expect consumers to get their Nokia N8s during October. We’re not exactly sold on the idea that it’s because of the “amount of preorders” that they decided to delay its release, but nonetheless, this is the official reason they’re giving us. Yeah, we know October is just a couple of weeks away, but still, a delay is still a delay. With this setback, we can’t help but lose interest in the Nokia N8 especially in light of Nokia’s newest Symbian^3 offering, the Nokia E7, which can easily pass as the QWERTY-equipped sexier twin of the N8 albeit coming with a less powerful camera. Hopefully though, it won’t get further delayed this time around. How about you guys? Are you still looking forward to the Nokia N8, or like me, your focus has shifted to the Nokia E7 as well?