So, I asked the original source of the leaked images about a potential release date, and his response was "Maybe Superbowl Weekend". We've both been howardforums users for over 5 years, so I knew that's where the leaked images were posted in the first place.
Anyway, I could actually see that being a possible date, given the Verizon/NFL tie-ins with the LTE launch, Madden 2011 on the DroidX, Sunday Football games on V-cast video, etc...
I would be totally fine with an early-February launch, and I can already imagine the "Droid Does, iDoesn't" Superbowl ad.