To expand on your post a bit...
I'm starting to think that this may be THE MOST important launch for Verizon do date for a phone and that there is some piece to this we're missing. Not only are they releasing an AMAZING phone (if the specs hold up), but there may be something we're missing. Perhaps something like a Skype integration we're not picking up on, Live TV, ability to install apps to SD card or the expanded ROM, some other service they haven't launched yet...i don't know, just thinking out loud. We haven't heard a peep out of Verizon, but we know for a fact (unless EVERYTHING we have is a lie) it's coming to Verizon...it just tells me this is going to be huge and they keeping a very very tight lid on it.