Maybe the July 27th rumor was really for the X2.
I saw p3droid tweeted about the x2 soak test and if anyone gets it to send it to him. So maybe it was confused for the x2.
http://twitter.com/#!/VZWSupport/status/96306741993668608VZW Support
@BrewCrewBabe No info on any updates on the Droid X 2. I apologize but the info on our site was an error & will be corrected. ^JB
VZW Support
@anotherlab No date for the Gingerbread update on the D2G but it will be available soon. Visit http://bit.ly/kXpf5K for more info. ^JB