Awesome guys from the PreCommunity.com revealed something pretty interesting. While there was no official presentation or even a mention of a GSM version of Palm Pre, there are a few ones running around Palm’s booth in Barcelona. And guess what, the rumors are true, Vodafone will probably be exclusive carrier for Palm Pre in Europe. You can say that that there is no real evidence here but I think we need nothing more. The only thing we can hope for now is that Palm hits a deal with Vodafone FAST and announces it for 2009 :).

Check out the video that revealed the whole “story” (via PreCommunity)

It seems that everyone that was speculating about March 1st as the Palm Pre launch date were not that far off. According to the BoyGeniusReport, that somehow got ahold of the Sprint EOL products list. As you can see things are getting really interesting, amongst other models there is a note on the Palm Pre “in stock on the 3/15″ (March 15th). It’s not much, but i think it’s enough.

According to BGR the Palm Pre will replace Palm 755P during that period. Like we sait it is not hard, undisputable evidence, but for many of us that are looking for any shread of “proof” it is enough.

* Sierra Compass 597 USB – Early February – Sierra 598 USB
* Motorola ic602 – Early February
* LG 160 – Mid-February – Samsung M220
* LG Rumor (blue) – Mid February – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i325IS – Mid February – Motorola i365IS
* LG Rumor (green) – Mid March – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Franklin Wireless U680 USB – Early April
* Palm 800W – April – Palm Treo Pro (target in-stock 2/15)
* LG Rumor (black) – Mid April – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i615 – Mid April
* Samsung M520 Lumina – Mid April – LG LX370 (slider)
* RIM BlackBerry Pearl (red) – May
* LG LX400 – Late May
* Palm 755P (blue) – Late May – Palm Pre (target in-stock 3/15)
* Sanyo 6750 Eclipse (pink) – June
* Palm Centro (berry) – June
* Motorola Q9C – Mid June
* Sierra 597E – July – Sierra 2-in-1 Aircard
* Palm Centro (green) – July
* Palm Centro refresh (black) – July
* Motorola VE20 – July
* HTC Touch Diamond – July
* RIM BlackBerry 7100i – August – RIM BlackBerry 8350i

So it seems that Palm decided to have an early go on the “throne”, shortly after Worldwide Mobile Conference in Barcelona, where we hope to see more Pre demos Pre will be introduced to the world. This rises other concerns like, will this be USA only launch, or if maybee GSM version of Palm Pre is ready to ship on the same date. I think that March 15th is a bit prematured for a complete and polished product and I’m really skeptic about the date. Opinions?

BoyGeniusReport via WebOSblog

It’s time to go in the rumor domain since no real news are flowing in. There are several “reports” that Palm Pre might hit the shelves as early as March. There is nothing specific but it seems reasonable to assume. The reports around the web are saying that Sprint is already training their sales staff on the Palm Pre, it came from a pen of a serious journalist Sarah Lacy so there is no reason not to believe her.

Here is the deal, the earlier release date, the better chance they can catch up with Apple, BlackBerry and the other crowd. As I see it, for Palm time is of essence, earlier they launch they have a better chance of fighting off Apple with their copyright/patent whatever infringement accusations, especially when Steve is on the leave.

So March is a perfect date, they announce the launch date at WMC in Barcelona, giving time for end buyers to cash in and prepare, at the same time they are one step ahead of everyone else.
Android, Apple, RIM and everyone else will be launching not sooner than summer. So I don’t see why not.

Oh and I almost forgot, we just might have a secret clue, a subliminal message only for the cool kids to see, giving away the launch date. Check out the time stamp on every other official Palm Pre picture :).