There have been rumors flying around this past week about a possible early release date for the Nokia N97, with the N97 showing up in the inventory of a major US retailer and reportedly received notification from Nokia, to expect a June 2nd shipment.

Earlier today one of our forum users NOMNOMN97 reported Nokia had taken the funds out of his bank. Those of you who don't already know, when users made a pre-order with Nokia direct, Nokia initially took the funds out of the customers bank to ensure the funds were available and then refund the amount within 1-2 business days.

Nokia notified the customer they'd then take the funds when the N97 is ready to ship. Guess what? Yesterday Nokia reportedly took the full amount from NOMNOMN97's account. What does this mean? Well it could mean nothing, but it further enforces rumors that the N97 release is immanent.

Update: NOMNOMN97 managed to talk with a representative at Nokia regarding his new charges. He asked whether or not they were a mistake and the representive was quoted as saying "this is the sign that they're getting ready to ship your order and that this time, the charges will stick to your account".

What does all this mean? A brand new N97 on your doorstep one morning soon? I sure hope so! In the meantime checkout our nokia n97 review.