HTC Passion not heading for Verizon this Christmas

Word has it that the HTC Passion is not going to be available via Verizon Wireless in time for Christmas, despite an earlier rumor floating around concerning a teaser site that promoted the HTC Passion via Verizon Wireless for this Yuletide season. Apparently, some digital sleuthing revealed that the teaser site is a fake, but good thing the handset isn’t since the Passion design seems to have been chosen as the Nexus One which passed the FCC ealier today, albeit for T-Mobile 3G bands.