Ok….so I’ve never in my life commented on one of these posts but given all of the speculation I thought I would share what I learned today.  
I was in a VZW store in Michigan (Farmington Hills) and was asking about the Nexus.  During my conversation with the assistant manager, a woman walked over and HANDED ME her Nexus (complete with VZW branding and all) saying “Is this what you want to see”.  It turns out that she is the Samsung rep for that particular district and just happened to be at the store demonstrating the phone to the store manager, who was going to be the store “expert” on the phone.  It was fully functional (fast as hell) and she let me play with it.  She would NOT let me take any pictures (actually grabbed it back out of my hands when I tried).  She DID confirm that it will be released on friday 12/9.  

Obviously, I too am skeptical that this is accurate but for three things.  She actually HAD the phone in her hand, the manager of the store confirmed that “if she says friday….then its friday”, and the manager of the store confirmed that she had just been delivered today 15 large boxes with specific instructions to not open, inspect, or inventory the contents until instructed to do so by corporate on thursday.  So…..take that for what its worth….but after having the darn thing in my hand….I’m a believer.  Good luck all!tmljunkmail