The retailer that I have pre-order from was changing the expected date almost daily for awhile but seems at least for now they are keeping the Aug 19th date. Of course, they are getting theirs from either Rogers or ATT. There must be a lot of bucks involved in allow only one or two carriers to release the device first, otherwise RIM would be really cutting their profits since I am sure they could have released the device weeks ago. I am not sure about Rogers but ATT just released the iPhone 3g and I would assume that it is not wise business to rollout two new devices at the same time.