I'm a bit overdue for a status update, eh?
As I already mentioned, testing has gone a bit slower than expected. The testers have also been finding a fair number of problems. At the moment, we are still testing and fixing bugs.
Simon is still sorting through tester feedback so we can get a feel for the current state of things. If it looks decent, we'll probably release on Monday, skipping the beta entirely. But if it doesn't look good we'll wait; releasing a product with improved quality is more important than releasing "on time".