Nothing revolutionary here, but just to add to the "rumormill"...my EVP person at Sprint just responded to my email inquiry regarding the release date (take it with a grain of salt, but he has been a good rep with great CS)
"It’s looking more like a 9-8 date. We will get pre-order information up soon and I will let you know. As you know, this allows us to have everything ready to go as soon as it is available…sometimes it’s released a few days before the official date, sometimes a few days after."
Hopefully this is true! 