We were expecting a March release… then April, but May works, too. This morning Verizon Wireless announced that their first Windows Phone 7 handset, the HTC Trophy, will launch – at last – next Thursday, May 26th.

Other than the date of sale, there were no real surprises: 3.8-inch touchscreen, 16GB of onboard storage, no microSDHC memory card slot, 1GHz Shapdragon CPU, 5MP camera with 720p video recording.

Verizon will begin selling the Trophy on May 26, 2011, online for $149 after a $50 rebate and a two-year contract; the Windows Phone will show up in Verizon retail stores a week later.