Palm Pre on June 5?
by John Paczkowski
Posted on May 7, 2009 at 11:16 AM PT
The release of Palm’s bet-the-company handset, the Pre, is imminent–perhaps as soon as June 5, if a document obtained by Boy Genius Report turns out to be the real deal. According to a staff schedule allegedly from inside Palm (PALM), the company will begin preparations for the launch of the Pre on June 3, culminating in a celebratory all-caps LAUNCH LUNCH on June 5.
A few things worth noting: The document features a misspelling. Is that an honest error, a canary trap or proof that the doc is bogus? No idea. June 5 is just three days before Apple’s (AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off, the occasion at which the company is expected to announce its next-generation iPhone.
Now, it’s doubtful Palm would debut the Pre on the same day as a big Apple event that will drown us all in a deluge of iPhone and is-Steve-Jobs-OK-or-not news and speculation. But would it launch it a couple days prior?
Comments
There are many arguments for launching the Pre before the iPhone, and after.
My take: We pretty much know what’s in the Pre. They should launch before the iPhone. When Pre-intending buyers see the new iPhone they might change their mind.
Many have said the Pre launch will be lost in the iPhone noise. But the media has attached itself to the Pre in a big way. If nothing else it should get plenty of press based on media boredom with the iPhone.
I’d like to get a look at the Pre before I buy my iPhone and make sure the decision is informed.
Posted by Brendan Walsh at May 7th, 2009 at 12:19 pmdoesn’t palm know that apple has it’s wwdc every june?
Posted by glen engelmann at May 7th, 2009 at 12:55 pmwhy would they schedule a release so close to apple’s big event?
the samsung instinct came out a few weeks before the iphone 3g. and they sold a bunch of them before the iphone 3g came out. and not many since.
so pre’s best shot is to get a few week head start before apple leapfrogs again with a new iphone model.