Yup I completely understand. I've been waiting almost 9 months!! In Jan, I was going to purchase an ipod I had my $$ and I put an order in thru work.
I came home that night and read about the pearl announcement I thought about it for a day and then cancelled my order for the ipod. I've been waiting patiently, I have a Compaq pa-2 MMC card based player which has kept me going, absolute crap compared to the players available now. But I resisted temptation and now release of the karma is imminent!!! I just hope Rob’s prebuy for us internationals comes through, if not I'll have to find a way to source one!

cheers
Jai