I'm not sure what's the point of this thread anymore...probably gonna close it soon.
Re: is WM7 real? Of course it's real, I know people who have seen it (hello Mobius).
Will it officially come to the TP2? Absolutely, definitely NO.
HD2? Maybe.
Could we force it on the TP2? Possibly, but it's gonna be pretty bad on it as we won't have the hardware API's to take advantage of the OS guts.
Watch for announcements in the Spring and read specific WinMo dedicated sites,
as they may cover the topic routinely,
ahem.
btw, my eXpo beats an iPhone pretty easily in most regards. Microsoft has all the right pieces, they just need to execute it well.