The $1000 player has been delayed before and was expected to ship on June 20th, after its previously announced date of May 23rd. Samsung appears to be on track for the launch of its player on June 25th, though Pioneer have stated that their player has been delayed along with the Sony, so we'll have to see what Samsung decides to do.

The first Blu-ray movies are still scheduled to ship on June 25th regardless of the hardware delays.

Edit: Apparently this delay was announced all the way back in April, but I somehow managed to figure it into two seperate delays. Apologies for the mix up.