Palm-Pre coming in March 2009?
Palm Pre
The most up-to-date information, i’ve found, is over on Palm Webosblog:
the SDK is not out of private release yet
the Pre has not yet received the FCC approval
other member reported another date June 30 from a “reliable source”
Palm Treo Pro on Sprint has been delayed to 15 Feb so many may be mixing Palm Pre with Treo Pro
It is also unlikely that Sprint will release Palm Treo Pro and Palm Pre on the same day as this would compromise sales of the Treo Pro
Sarah Lacy (the reporter who interviewed Roger McNamee and pulled undisclosed features out of him) has let us know on twitter that Sprint employees are training on Palm Pre but it won’t be out until June
There are, however, other factors that indicate that Palm Pre may be ready for a release date of 15 Feb:
Nick Henderson has let us know in comments in the post about Palm Pre release date that he has been in contact with Sprint via their generic email dan@sprint.com and has received a voicemail from Sprint that Pre will be released on 15 Feb
users blake324 and Awake over at SprintUsers forum claim that “insiders at Sprint” told them Palm Pre will be coming out 3rd week of February. Confusion over Treo Pro?
user drbyers at PreCentral said in comments that Sprint Rep confirmed Pre release in February
many other users repeatedly say that Sprint employees have already seen the phone and are getting ready for February relese.
March 5th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Interessante Informationen.
March 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
It is now more likely to be released in June, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse actually commented that he wanted to wait until it was a “really successful” launch. I wrote a bit about it here:
http://www.weboshelp.net/palm-news-and-rumors/170-june-release-date-for-pre-sprint-ceo-talks-logistics
March 10th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Thx for the info, Andrew. Palm Pre afficanadios have the inside scoop now!