Potential Pre Launch Date - May 17th or June 29th?

Phonenews is verifying earlier reports that Sprint is beginning training on the Palm Pre and throwing in some release date tidbits as well.

The current target is purported to be May 17th.  However, if inventory isn't high enough by then, they could push the release date to what would be the last possible date that would fit within Palm's promised release window: June 29th.

Both dates ring true as Sprint is well-known to do their official releases on Sundays.  Add in a rumor that Sprint has told employees that they are not to take any vacations in May and it starts to sound like, yes, we may be just about a month and a week away from a real release.

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