Got to BestBuy at 10 this morning and didn't have any issues trading in my Droid DNA for the gift card. For some reason though they discounted the price of the phone(bought outright) by $135 and then gave me a $65 gift card(how much the DNA was actually worth on their trade in system) which was...
I just did a web chat with a rep on Verizon's site and the rep I spoke to without a doubt said that it would be released on the 26th of February. I asked for pricing which she said she didn't have any or any information on pre-orders either.
I use hangouts pretty exclusively. All of my friends have android devices and the group messaging works really well on my phone and on the desktop client.
Yeah we're not the only ones with the Dare...mine currently does not have a functioning ear-piece besides the speaker phone, so when I want to make a call or receive a call it has to go through the speaker phone. Its been like that for at least 4 months now.