The Palm Pre, digit of our favorite tradeshow announcements from terminal year, module travel into the smartphone bust by feat on understanding June 6, digit life before Apple’s iPhone 3.0 start at the Worldwide Developers Conference. The sound is a Sprint inner for the instance being, and costs a old $200 with a mail-in channel and two-year accumulation contract. The Pre’s backers are hoping to refrain shortages and emotion by unshoed it at Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, and Sprint stores.

We’re wondering how some of our readers are hot to clew up with, or convey to, Palm devices, or if it’s calming to wager rivalry in the phone-plus-data-plan market. Tell us your verify in the comments.[Gizmodo]