I believe everyone who has one so far, has soldered the components on themselves.
No, some of us bought the device from NewIT in the UK (I live in Europe), they sell the black Sheevaplug with the eSata port, that's what I bought.
As the supplier of NewIT is Globalscale, it's really strange that this black eSata Sheeva is not listed on Globalscale site

We secured sole distribution rights for a period on this product, thas why its not on their site.