Normally, we would hope Palm employees minimize their downtime to get the new webOS Pre out in time. However, a particular lunch break scheduled on June 5th is definitely something we can look forward to. An anonymous tipster recently sent BGR an internal Palm memo of an itinerary for Palm Pre training beginning on June 3rd, and culminating in a "LAUNCH LUNCH" on Friday, June 5th at noon.
While this opens up the possibility of a June 5th or 6th launch, the rumored June 7th release date may still hold up, given that Sprint tends to prefer Sunday for new handset launches. A Sprint blogger (who previously posted a Palm Pre FAQ) also hints at June 7th with a pic of the alleged date on his blog, notes PreCentral. Any of these dates would still preempt the iPhone Developers Conference scheduled for the 8th.
Perhaps this luncheon could be a little R&R before Sprint goes full steam ahead with the Pre? The new rumors also mean that the previous May 17th date, gathered from internal memos and shipment documents, could be losing steam.
Reports of expanded training are also surfacing. PreThinking notes that Sprint's business unit has already begun online Palm Pre training, which includes managers and upper personnel. This is in addition to retail-level training of Sprint Store Advocates, who are experts on a given device.
Unfortunately, looks like we won't be getting much info from them anytime soon, as employees receive a strict NDA statement before and after the training. Apparently, some have already been terminated for publicly discussing the Pre. Sprint employees have been rumored to be training for some time now, while AT&T has given employees some anti-Pre training of their own.
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