ERO just updated and said that backorders of DR1000S and iliads are shipping late this week, and all new orders will be shipped 5-10 days after receipt. So Mookie, if you're waiting with bated breath, you should get the reader just before you turn blue.
Worst case scenario, you'll have it by monday or tuesday depending on your shipping method and how fast ERO sends them out. See, it wasn't *THAT* painful now... was it? Just another 2% of 2009. Kinda like pulling 2% of hair off your body - that just happen to be from your nose.
OK, OK - that was evil... But it was a good kind of evil. I mean - everyone who read that cringed - just a little, right? To quote George Carlin, "... It's all about the things that bring us together, the things that make us the same..."
Cheers, and keep us posted on your shiny new reader.