{"id":12831,"date":"2011-03-04T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/2011\/03\/04\/htc-thunderbolt-nears-release-but-it-aint-today\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T14:33:00","slug":"htc-thunderbolt-nears-release-but-it-ain%e2%80%99t-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=12831","title":{"rendered":"HTC Thunderbolt Nears Release, But it Ain\u2019t Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thunderbolt_fntside.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 6px 15px 25px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"HTC Thunderbolt - Front &amp; Side Views\" border=\"0\" alt=\"HTC Thunderbolt - Front &amp; Side Views\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thunderbolt_fntside_thumb.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Well, it\u2019s March 4th and still no HTC Thunderbolt; yet another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/2011\/02\/28\/has-the-htc-thunderbolt-been-delayed-if-so-why\/\">rumored<\/a> release date crossed off the calendar.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But it does appear that release is fast approaching. Verizon CFO Fran Shammo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infosyncworld.com\/reviews\/cell-phones\/htc-thunderbolt-launching-very-shortly\/11831.html\">said<\/a> that the LTE smartphone will launch \u201cvery shortly,\u201d&#160; and product literature is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wirelessgoodness.com\/2011\/03\/04\/htc-thunderbolt-rumored-to-launch-on-march-10th-sales-materials-arrive-in-verizon-stores\/\">beginning to show up<\/a> at Verizon Wireless stores. <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And GottaBeMobile says a few chatty Best Buy employees <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gottabemobile.com\/2011\/03\/03\/htc-thunderbolt-release-date-moved-to-march-10-not-coming-tomorrow\/\">pegged<\/a> the new-new-new launch date as March 10th. We\u2019ll see.&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">One interesting item appears in those <a href=\"http:\/\/phandroid.com\/2011\/03\/03\/verizon-in-store-htc-thunderbolt-display-spotted-htc-releases-their-own-commercial\/\">in-store product materials<\/a>:&#160; Video Skype.&#160; We\u2019re not sure if this will require LTE or if it works over 3G as well, but this is noteworthy feature to say the least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it\u2019s March 4th and still no HTC Thunderbolt; yet another rumored release date crossed off the calendar. But it does appear that release is fast approaching. Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said that the LTE smartphone will launch \u201cvery shortly,\u201d&#160; and product literature is beginning to show up at Verizon Wireless stores. And GottaBeMobile says [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=12831\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}