HTC Thunderbolt release date is Janunary 11th?

Most of the top tech blogs are reported a release date for HTC Thunderbolt at 1st quarter of 2011.  But, there may be an interesting surprise next Tuesday (January 11th). Verizon has scheduled a mysterious press event on Tuesday, hosted by Verizon Wireless President Lowell McAdam at New York’s Lincoln Center.

If you don’t know much about HTC Thunderbolt, here are the specs:

• Networks: LTE 700, CDMA EvDO revA
• Operating system: Android 2.2 + HTC Sense
• Display: 4.3″ WVGA TFT capacitive touch screen
• Camera: 8MP with autofocus, LED Flash (2x LED), 1.3MP front facing camera
• Memory: 8GB emmc + 768 RAM, preinstalled 32 GB microSD
• WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth: 2.1 with EDR (3.0 when available)
• GPS: GPS/AGPS
• Battery: 1400 mAh
• Special features: Dual mics with noise cancellation, Surround sound, Compass sensor, G-Sensor, Proximity sensor, Light sensor, 3.5mm audio jack, MicroUSB, FM radio, LTE SIM slot , TI audio DSP
• Chipset and CPU: Qualcomm MSM8655 @1GHz, Qualcomm MDM9600