I've now been into 2 Vodafone shops here in Wellington (surprisingly neither knew anything of availability) while at a First Mobile shop the sales person swore black and blue that it wouldn't be here till Christmas until I queried the fact that it was already on the VF website. To this, he tapped about on his computer before finally telling me that a rough estimate is "sometime in November".
So, do any VF people have a more firm date on availability?
P.S. Can anyone confirm that the device is a HSDPA device? I've read conflicting reports online about it. I am also sceptical about it being wifi (even though the fact sheet on the VFNZ website says it is)