Palm Pre makes conspicuous appearance at large gathering of cool people

We don't know a lot about driving cars really fast, but we do know one thing: this guy sure does seem excited about the prospect of a touchscreen-driven, QWERTY-equipped slider smartphone with webOS, from struggling handset manufacturer Palm. Apparently at some point during the race somebody from Sprint confirmed that they'll be outing a launch date in the "next couple of days." We like the sound of that.

[Thanks, Leo B. and Kenny]

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[SoCoolCurt Posted May 17th 2009 7:17AM]

awesome. really don't know why they sat on the date so long. they already announced it was coming so any profit cannibalization would have already happened. maybe they just wanted to have something to promote interest right before launch?

either way, im happy it's finally getting closer.

[cheech4 Posted May 17th 2009 10:56AM]

Maybe Sprint and Palm dont want another Storm fiasco.

[(Unverified) Posted May 18th 2009 8:55AM]

I agree with Dave. As much I already want the stupid thing, I sure wouldn't want a Storm fiasco aka POS. :)

[(Unverified) Posted May 17th 2009 11:21AM]

This guy? That's Tony Stewart. A very interesting guy.

[(Unverified) Posted May 17th 2009 3:45PM]

It could just as easily be the box of Office Depot paper that got him excited. Easily confused for the simpleminded.