I posted a couple days ago regarding the rumor I heard that the Orbea Alma 29ers are no where near ready to go. Well Orbea is telling me different. Here is their response:
The Alma 29 will be a 2007 early release product, meaning late spring. This is really a technical distinction, because our [...]

I posted a press release out of Orbea last week about the Alma carbon 29er that’s due out in the spring.
However, my source with Orbea is saying there’s no way it’s gonna happen. The 26 inch version of the Alma isn’t even ready yet and, although there’ll be one at Sea Otter, the 29 [...]

What the different weights for the leading 29er rims? Salsa, DT, WTB, Stans, Bontrager, etc.
– Scott
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Zion Bicycles, the JensonUSA exclusive brand, will be coming out with the 737 29er. The 4130 double-butted chromoly frames will probably be available in two options. The singlespeed only with eccentric bottom bracket(EBB) and vertical dropouts version (no derailleur hanger, cable stops only for disc brakes) and it will probably also be available [...]

UPDATE: They are now available!
NoTubes.com just got their first production run of the ZTR Freeride 29er rims in. Some specs:

32mm wide outside
26.1mm wide inside
600-610g
drilled in a 32 hole pattern

These rims will work great with a tube installed because they have our patent pending Bead Socket Technology with the short sidewalls people have come to [...]