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Well, Amazon did set expectations ('end of May'), and by definition, some of us just aren't going to get the update until at least then. So as it is, I don't see a reason to complain until then. All they really need to do by the end of the month is post the updates so people can download them (I live in an EDGE zone, so downloading anything very large is an iffy proposition). I wish they had done this already, but the update apparently does not address any of the issues I would have given priority to, so I can wait.
Given that the stated reason for staged update was to discover problems before rolling out for general release, and that the updates being delivered have not changed so far, one has to think there were other reasons as well. Maybe Amazon's wireless contracts restrict how much downloading can be done at any given period of time. Who knows?
There are probably twice as many Kindles out there now than there were for the 2.3 update, and the installed base is probably doubling every 6-12 months, so I hope they recognize the need to scale the delivery mechanism so it can roll out more updates more quickly, and provide updates for download from amazon.com earlier in the process.
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