[jethro_static]

reading about the whole issue here. I am thinking of a new theory. The 4 juggernaut in the U.S. Sprint,Verizon,T-mo and At&t. Looks like none of them will allow the HD to come in. why?

Sprint- will compromise the sales of some of their phones esp. The Diamond.touch pro will not be affected that much coz of the keyboard that businessmen needs. But will still take an effect on sales.

Verizon- If sprints Diamond will be compromised, their crippled Diamond will be murdered. Plus the fact that they have exclusivity with the BB storm. They cannot gamble with the HD. If U don't know, Verizon made a deal with RIM for Storm's exclusivity. They have to sell at least 6 million handsets. If they don't make that quota, RIM will give it to other carriers too.

T-mo- ohh their pride and joy. G1 sales will be compromised.

At&t- Their beloved Iphone. Not that the sales will go down, Obvioulsy they sold a lot already, The fact that every iphone3g they sold, comes with 2 year contract just last july. So who can buy an HD on a full price without the leverage of 2 year contract.

Come to think of it, U.S. jaggernaut did not show HTC love for the HD that is why there is no plan on coming here. In other words, U.S. carriers did not show interest on the handset.
this is all an speculation guys. Don't need to get nasty here.

The fact that HTC's reason is "by the time we could bring Touch HD to the states, it would be old news". meaning that the time they convert the handset to be operable to the U.S., it will not be advanced anymore. LOL. makes me think 2 things.
1st, if they say that the time they convert it there is already something better. What is that something better? hmmmm. people thought that it will be here by summer 2009 based on how it supposed t be. Q2 09 is tegra's expected release. is that what they mean?

2nd, Why they say by the timeit comes here bla bla bla. it's always been like that. GSM 1st then cdma after few months. That is not new. that reason is really odd.well. whatever the outcome is. we just play the waiting game.