It seems pretty conclusive that they will not release this after all, 3+ months of testing and not shipping yet?
Unless, they are using the kits themselves (for "testing" of course) and when someone releases something better, they'll ship these kits as new for a crazy inflated price.
I agree with your statement in full. They are "testing" kits I believe and they will not ship or properly announce them until someone offer better and efficient miner on the market. Things are like that because there is no competition yet.