Well I couldn't wait until retail release so I called Verizon and ordered online Thursday - got it Friday and have been playing withy it all weekend. I was incredibly pleased to see that they did NOT disable the RF - worked fine finding my home network - woo hoo.
Had some problems with the Bluetooth not hearing or disconnecting late Saturday evening which resulted in a soft reset but so far that is it.
Love the slider keyboard, seems study enough.
Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer them for you.