Availability / Release Date of 34nm X18-M "Postville" SSDs?

[idata]

Greetings!

Since the actual Postville Release now dates quite some time back, and the 2.5" variant is occasionally available, I wonder about what happened to the Postville version of X18-M?

I'm about to replace my old Subnotebook with a new one, that accepts only 1.8" µSATA drives, so I would like to use the 2nd Generation 160GB X18-M in the new Subnotebook (a Sony Vaio TT).

Now, I have searched the web for weeks, but neither could I find a single available Postville X18-M, nor any information about its actual release date. Does anybody have an ETA on this? I would love to know, so I can better plan the actual purchase. I'm waiting for this now since the first X25-M Postvilles started to show up with that - in my case negligible - firmware bug.

So, if anybody has any idea about when the 2nd Gen X18-M will be released, such information would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

[idata]

i can gladly report that a hong kong dealer has started to list the x18-m's in their price list. the recommended retail price is hk$2100/$3800 for the 80/160gb models respectively

fyi the rrp for x25-m 80/160gb is hk$1900/$3600

[idata]

Here the European prices, X18-M G1 also dropped significantly now, prices are moving a lot atm:

1.8":

X18-M G1 80GB: 155 Euro

X18-M G1 160GB: 438 Euro

X18-M G2 Postville 80GB: 225 Euro

X18-M G2 Postville 160GB: 393 Euro

2.5":

X25-M G1 80GB: 197 Euro

X25-M G1 160GB: 379 Euro

X25-M G2 Postville 80GB: 186 Euro

X25-M G2 Postville 160GB: 359 Euro

Seems as if X18-M pricing is reaching reasonable levels now when compared to X25-M.