Not off-topic in my opinion. The launch means that the date is getting near and that RIM decided to dangle a carrot in front of the many who are coming out of their Curve contracts to entice them to wait for the Bold in June/July/August/September and not migrate to the iPhone 3G promised land
In fairness to them, they are probably spending buckets of money to correct these last minute problems.
Voda gave me a free Sony Ericsson C902 just to appease me and keep me happy until the launch of the Bold.