The T-Mobile HTC HD2 coming sooner than expected?

We have all seen the enigmatic tweet from T-Mobile USA regarding the HTC HD2, and we know the T-Mobile US team will be attending Mobile World Congress, suggesting very strongly they will be unveiling the T-Mobile version of the device on Monday or Tuesday.

Previous dates for the release to consumers have been in the 3rd week of March. Now we have received a tip suggesting it may come much sooner:

I just talked to the store manager at my local store and he said that I missed the HTC rep yesterday, but after the store closed the rep gave some details about the HD2 including an update that surprised him. The rep said to look for the HD2 in the first week of march. Said that T-mobile has gotten great press and lots of requests and have stepped up the pace and will pass the HD2 to stores and online in the first week of march as long as no complications come up!!!!!

Now of course cell phone reps are not the most reliable source for release dates, but so close to launch I am sure its pretty hard to keep a lid on things.

The T-Mobile version is expected to have many features not found in the standard HTC HD2, including a music and e-book store, making it much more competitive with handsets like the iPhone in the US market.

Thanks Reddragon72 for the tip.