Yes this is my first post but I want to start by saying that I have no inside information and have no idea when it will be released.

Like everyone else, I have been reading along here with anticipation that I'll be able to get my hands on this phone soon.

I originally bought a basic Nokia voice-only cell phone in January '06. Since then my needs have changed and I needed a PDA phone.

Early this year I tried to see if Verizon would let me upgrade to the i730 since they were being phased out. I was just over a year into my 2 year contract and they couldn't do anything for me.

So fine, i760 is coming out this summer/fall. That'll be the way to go for me.

Verizon changes their policy and my ne2 is up on September 30 instead of November 30 so the anticipation builds that this is all going to work out for me and I'm going to get the PDA phone that I want sooner than later.

I'm optimistic that we're still going to see this phone the first half of this month, but I have no inside information to base that off of.

From what I've read from the people that were able to order it early, it sounds like this phone is boxed up and ready to ship. I have to imagine that there's a warehouse full of i760 phones waiting to be sold.

I can't imagine Verizon either would send them all back for retooling or sit on that inventory for months.

With the 4 new phones launching in November? I would have to think that leaves us with a window here early in the month of October for some new phones to slip out. I have to hope the i760 is one of them.

David