It's certainly encouraging that Sprint will start selling the phone on 09/20. Since the phone has been licensed to VM, according to the June stories, it seems pretty definite that they will be offering the phone at some point. The end of November sounds quite possible to me, too.
Cost-wise, it sucks that you can get the phone on Sprint for $99, but I can't afford their service, so we'll see what VM charges for it. $250 might be doable, though they might not like the idea of a cheaper phone cutting into their sales of the Motorola Triumph.
At least by the time VM does get the phone, we should have some feedback from Sprint users and other reviewers as to how good - or not - the phone is.
Holly