i'll go on record as saying someone, somewhere, somehow messed up the release of this phone. in five years of tracking phone releases, i have never seen anything like this. it makes no business sense whatsoever to delay this, now that the galaxy s2 is announced to release in europe, and with the iPhone 5 on it's way. you don't have to be an insider to realize that this is a botched planning/marketing/release. this should be an mba case study somewhere.
had htc put a 2100 band in the inspire, i would have long been on my way by now.