If you thought the previous rumor about the Palm Pre being launched by Sprint on April 30 was full of hot, Tweeted air, you’ll find this latest Palm Pre rumor even more outlandish. Rumblings along the mobile grapevine are hinting at a mid-April launch for the highly-anticipated Palm Pre – April 15 or 16 is the new rumored launch window!
[Update]
The Palm Pre is now rumored for a mid-May launch. Specifically, alleged internal Sprint documents point to a preliminary May 17 launch for the Palm Pre. Based on employee vacation freezes, it’s safe to expect the Palm Pre launching in May. More here.
The rumor is based on an Everything Treo forum-member’s claim that a Sprint Nextel customer service representative verbally told him that the Palm Pre would be available on April 15th or 16th. “Inittowinit” goes on to claim that the Sprint rep said the Palm Pre would be launching with a $300 price-tag when purchased with a new 2-year contract.
Given the rather polished state of the WebOS and the Palm Pre applications that we were shown at CTIA Wireless 2009, it wouldn’t surprise us to see the Pre launching next week. Palm was also waiting for PalmOS legacy support before going live with the Palm Pre (the Palm Pre’s WebOS isn’t compatible with older Palm OS applications), and the Palm OS Classic emulator demonstration proved that Palm is ready to support PalmOS emulation on the Palm Pre. It seems Palm has all their ducks in a row.
Still, it’s hard to put faith in this kind of unsubstantiated claim.
[Update]
The Palm Pre is now rumored for a mid-May launch. Specifically, alleged internal Sprint documents point to a preliminary May 17 launch for the Palm Pre. Based on employee vacation freezes, it’s safe to expect the Palm Pre launching in May. More here.
[EverythingTreo via: ComputerWorld]