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I think there may be a small misunderstanding here, but at least we are getting some attention/making some headway.
A dedicated sub-forum is a start.
I am an absolute nOOb with android, but have quite a bit of experience with WinMo, for all the good that's doing me now. It did however teach me how to search.
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) I am hesitant to try many of the methods I have found to achieve perm root as they are described for other devices.
It seems that visionary for temp root and then another method (gFree, unrEVOked, or RageAgainstTheCage) for perm root may be viable options, as these methods have worked for other devices. I simply don't know enough about android to risk it.
Hopefully we can get someone with experience rooting a new model to help us since it appears that most established rooting devs are on the big carriers.
Maybe some folks from Verizon will get a Merge from somewhere.
We CDMAers went through a long wait to get WinMo RhodiumW HSPL unlocked when it came out as well, and it was released on all the major carriers. Might be something to do with CDMA/GSM worldphone status as RhodiumW was also worldphone.
Got my fingers crossed and thanks in advance to whoever figures it out.