It looks like those battery issues along with the release of the iPad 2 in Verizon stores on Friday have pushed back the HTC ThunderBolt release date yet again.
I have a joke for you: how are iPhone applications and rap artists Salt-n-Pepa different? Answer: Salt-n-Pepa may be able to "Push It," but iPhone applications can't, thanks to Apple's decision to leave push notifications out of the iPhone 2.1 release. Originally, senior vice president of iPhone software Scott Forstall said that the feature would be done by September, but now that it's October, publications like Macworld are reminding Apple that it has missed the target date.
It looks like AT&T was initially planning to launch the BlackBerry Bold before November, but, as evidenced by launch parties running all the way to the end of the month, they've obviously pushed things back a bit. An internal letter advising employees about rescheduling training said "at this time we don't have clarity on the status of all features".
T-Mobile has made the announcement that they are set to expand their 3G network into more markets, as they prepare for the big launch of the first Google Android phone, the HTC Dream.