First this link to see VZWs next upcoming release (with no 6800):
Good Grief

Which lends itself to this next bit o' info. I spotted this post on another forum from a fella in NY:
Got to play with the Dummy Phone
I've been following all of these xv6800 threads since day one, and kept reading about how people were going to certain store that had the dummy phone model, so i decided to give a call to all the local store around my area (I live in L.I. NY) and asked them questions about the phone. Alot of the stores had never heard of the phone, others did know about the phone but didn't have any information on it. I called one of the Circuit City around my area and the nice lady told me that she had the dummy models in the store, so i asked her if i could come by and could she show them to me. She said sure no problem. I got off work and since ive read before about how people dont believe that people have played with the phone and keep requesting pictures of it, i decided to go pick up my girlfriend and have her come with me to check the dummy phones out and while i talked to the nice sales rep i had her taking pictures with her Env of the dummy models. I spoke with the sales rep for about 45 minutes, great information she had about the phones (sounded like she knew what she was talking about) and told me that the phone will not be released until the end of November and close to Christmas time. She told me she was more than 99% sure the phone will not be released this month, more like after November 21. So while i spoke with the lady about all of the new Verizon phones, and played with the dummy model of the XV6800 and the Samsung I760 and the z6tv my girlfriend snapped pics and videos of the models.

My thoughts about the phone from just feeling the dummy model, is that the phone is so worth waiting for. It is slightly thinner than the Env. Much thinner in width and length than the I760. LOOOOOVE the blue case (although i know many of you dont like it) its not this blue rubber feeling, nor plastic around it, it has the same feel as the Env. The buttons are very nice and soft. I happened to really like the keyboard becuase the buttons are stirdy on it unlike the 8521 from cingular that buttons are all wobbely. The phone fits perfectly on your hand unlike other PPC's that are this huge brick. When u slide the screen out to show the keyboard, it slide very firmly and u dont feel it wobble. Loooved this phone and am decided to wait for it until it comes out after playing with it.

She also told me that she only had the Gleam in her database to be released this month, she said the 5th of october, i've been busy so don't know if the phone came out. Then she told me that the Blackberry Pearl and the Juke and all of the other phone are supposed to come out 4th Quarter according to the database. She told me that the Voyager is expected to come out around Christmas times. And that the I760 will DEFINETELY come out before the xv6800.

I have pictures and videos of the Dummy Models. I've Tried to Upload them but HoFo keeps telling me that file is too large to upload so can somebody give me a different (easy) way to upload the pictures and videos of the phone.

So it looks like we are going to all be getting a slightly early Christmas present from our significant others.