Jim Van at Logicomm Inc, probably thought he was Tweeting his friends and Tweeted a lot about his beta testing of the Palm Pre divulging a April 30 release date and $299 price tag.
Here are his reported Twitter comments.
- Got Pre to work on Twitter, but it's a tad cludgy...#Palm Pre
- Sprint claims that 4/30 is a line in the sand, according to my acct mgr there...he's usually right on #Palm Pre
- UI is
VERY clean, well thought out, made for fingers. Somebody used their
brains on the design. Palm's always been cool like that - Just used
browser to remote in and play on our doc server..almost like computing
w/out kbd...loaded word doc quickly..nice #Palm Pre. - "BTW - heard frm source (not Sprint) that Pre price tag 2 be $299 with
2 year ctrct...bet it's $100 or so after all the hype wears off"
Whoops did he let the world know that something that should have been covered in a non-disclosure agreement?
Well, someone found the Tweets and posted it on the web which was copied and re-reported by at least ten reports. The Twitter gossip is now blocked and protected. Since most of the reporting occurred over the weekend Sprint and Palm were not contacted.
Palm Pre Articles from Wireless and Mobile News
- Palm Pre Compete Numbers Show It Competes with iPhone.
- Palm Corrects McNamee's Exaggerations over Palm Pre.
- Palm Tweeted No Delay for Palm Pre.
- Palm Pre webOS Mojo Developer Video Released.
- Jimmy Fallon Late Night to Have Palm Pre as Guest?
- 8 Reasons Why the Palm Pre Might Be the iPhone Killer.
- Palm Pre Synergy Demo from Mobile World Congress with Phone Dog.
- Palm Pre Sprint Exclusive Unit End of 2009.
- Palm Pre Mojo OS e-Book Available for Developers.
- Palm Pre Video Shows Impressive Features.
- Palm Pre Has Physic Functionality, Says Roger McNamee.(Video)
- Palm Pre Video Shows Single-Handed Operation.
- Palm Pre Camera Has Sophisticated DxO Features.
- Palm Pre Integrates GPS, Calendar, and Email (Video).
- Palm Pre Wireless Touchstone Charging Dock Advantages.
- Palm Pre Wins Battery of Awards - Battery Life Questioned.
- Palm Pre to Be Sold at Best Buy.
- Analyst Estimates 1.5 Million Palm Pre Sold in 1st Year - Quick Development.
- Palm Pre Wins CNET CES Awards - Real Woman's Smartphone.
- Palm Pre Loves Developers with Mojo and Open Access to Internal Functions.
- Review of Reviews Palm Pre (Sprint) First Beautiful Looks CES Review.
- Palm Previews New Nova Smartphone the Palm Pre.
- New Amazing Palm Slider Smartphone to Debut at CES.
- Palm's Nova OS to Premier at CES.