I feel like a young boy...

[Android 19]

...patiently waiting for the htc thunderbolt to arrive, and be placed under my pillow. But before I get the chance to get my hands on the thunderbolt-these damned evil tech sites bust in, and continually muff up release date information-keeping my thunderbolt from me! Do you understand the CONCEPT of the thunderbolt and these tech sites?!

 

[biff6789]

The reason the tech sites keep getting the dates "wrong" is because they can only report what they hear on the grapevine and via their official sources. But if HTC or Verizon decides to change plans after the fact, that's not the tech blogs' fault. I'm sure Best Buy was told they could sell on the 14th, but then had the rug pulled out from under them by VZW and there's nothing they or the blogs could do about it

Today's latest rumor is that the TB is, indeed, ready and being shipped to stores nationwide, but that the network has some undisclosed issue that needs to be fixed first.

This would explain why the TB seems so close, but has not yet been officially announced. If they announce the 24th, but miss it due to the network error still being in play, then customers would all start breathing into a paper bag. On the flip side, if they decide to push it back and announce the TB for, say, Mar 17 (but then the network issue is fixed right after that) then they would lose a ton of customers to the Atrix, et al and be forced to sit on their hands with a ready product

The hardware seems ready; stores are receiving shipments, and we've seen several working demos online. At this point, it seems Verizon is trying to fix something on their end and can't officially announce anything until they fix it. Hence the lack of announcement

 

[Android 19]

yep! very true across the board! I think this whole mess is funny-and choose not to get way angered like some seem to have. Don't get me wrong, i DO want this beast of a phone. It's just that the 24th and 28th of feb dont matter when my upgrade date is march 24th! I will gladly wait patiently, seeing that i am upgrading from a blackberry-so BIG difference!

 

[biff6789]

Well then you're set. If this phone isn't released by Mar 24 when you have an upgrade, then half the members of this forum will wet straight through their pants and the universe itself may very well collapse on itself

 

[Android 19]

indeed sir! think you once again nailed it on the head. If it aint here by then, i just may be pissin and or crappin in my pants! But i remain optimistic

 

[purplewithenvy#AC]

I feel that way too with new devices coming out, I just want to scream with excitement and I cannot sleep the night before knowing it's coming out and will be mine! hehe

 

[Android 19]

every night is like xmas eve with an awesome phone like this on the way!