MyTouch 3G Available August 5th?

[phandroid]

T-Mobile customers will be able to pre-order the MyTouch 3G between July 8th and July 28th… but when will it actually be available? Some undercover sherlocking from AndroidAndMe suggests August 5th could very likely be official launch day:Apparently some connect-the-dots behind the countdown timer’s java script reveals a parameter called “launchTime”:var launchTime = new [...]

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[sirsilent]

If Android phones continue to be released 6 months after they've been released in europe they will never be successful in the US.
I am wondering if someone tries to prevent that...