When Niklas Savander responded on Twitter about the release date of the first Meego device from Nokia, he tweeted cryptically, “a major product milestone by the end of the year.” We asked him for clarification during dinner with journalists and bloggers last night and he said the message was intentionally mysterious. It could mean a device launch, device announcement, or possibly even something else. Nokia is keeping us on our toes.

Posing with Niklas Savander. Taken with a Nokia N8 and its xenon flash!

Mr. Savander is Nokia’s head of sales and marketing. He went on Twitter on Thursday to answer some questions. He received around 400 tweets. The official Nokia Conversations published the highlights here.

Meego is going to be Nokia’s next platform for their high-end mobile devices, so a lot of power users like you and me are very anxious to know when we’ll get to play with one. If this UI video of Meego is accurate, it’s certainly something to be excited about.

Let’s hope Niklas’ message means a Meego device announcement AND launch this year.