Or it could just mean that the software LTE and battery life bugs we heard about got fixed. Now the t-bolt is ready for public consumption but I doubt a release date of the 3rd. Maybe announcement early this week and then release the 10th. Verizon probably wants to gear up for the release not just drop it out of thin air. Which is how it would look to the non forum junkies of the world.
On a side note, I follow @androidcentral and they retweeted it so I came here for the follow up. No gut feeling that the forums dropped a nugget. Just good ol' twitter and an android smartphone.