Or because the closest CompUSA store is 4.5 hours away :/
O well, I called and I said something like "I got an e-mail asking me to reconfirm my order..." and she half interrupted me and said "Ah, the Nokia 770?" Hehe
So, it sounded like this was an automated e-mail because the Nokia website store does not allow a backorder to sit doing nothing for too long. She also gave me the date of Dec 30th, and told me I was near the front of the line and should be in the first shipment. I considered asking about CompUSA getting devices before us, but then thought about reasoning similar to waddell's.
O well, nice lady anyways.