I've been following this with interest. I was going to purchase a 1DMKIII (even though I said I wouldn't)..........but I think I will wait until things settled down a little.
Canon do appear to be in a little bit of a mess with the MKIII at the moment
I see one guy who had one of his 1DMKIII's back from repair had a note saying that the warranty had been increased by one full year.