Palm Pre spotted just minding its own business in San Fran?

We can't vouch for the authenticity of these shots, but the fact that there's fully five of them posted certainly lends some element of legitimacy. What's more, the first half '09 window is still very much confirmed by Palm, so let's be honest: there pretty much have to be Pres floating around in some circles at this point. We didn't necessarily anticipate "some circles" to mean "two peeps chilling at San Francisco's Bring Your Own Wheel race," but hey, whatever works. Catch another glorious shot in the wild after the break.

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[KezMondo @ Apr 13th 2009 2:28PM]

OMG

[hablas @ Apr 13th 2009 2:52PM]

Holy snap!

[trevor @ Apr 13th 2009 2:44PM]

i know right?! disney hooked up frickin' zack n cody of all people wit a couple pres!

[Jonathan @ Apr 13th 2009 2:52PM]

Do you think the guy in the white shirt is screaming cause he's about to die on a Big Wheel, or because he just saw the Pre in the wild?

[Dave @ Apr 13th 2009 3:00PM]

Had my wifes blackberry curve fixed on Friday. Sprint employee was mad that he was next in line to get a free phone from Corporate to play with and train other employees on the use of during the launch. A 10 year veteran technician in the back room was ASSIGNED the phone. He has had it for 9 days counting today.

[Ryan Trevisol @ Apr 13th 2009 3:57PM]

@Johnathan, I LOL'd. :-)

[Marcus @ Apr 13th 2009 5:05PM]

@ Jonathan


Hahahahahaha

[Tonicboy @ Apr 14th 2009 12:09AM]

What I want to know is, if you can get close enough to breathe down the back of their shirt, why wouldn't you just tap them on the shoulder and say, "hey man, can I get a look at your Pre?"

[B3astofthe3ast @ Apr 13th 2009 2:29PM]

I just let them borrow mine.

[Jonathan @ Apr 13th 2009 3:07PM]

You did no such thing because this is 'shopped!

[j0e @ Apr 13th 2009 2:29PM]

Those kids look about thirteen, why do they get Pres? :(

[who? @ Apr 13th 2009 2:34PM]

Those aren't just any rich thirteen year old kids. Those are the only teenagers in North America who didn't want an iPhone. Palm took their one chance at making the Pre cool and ran with it...

[Shawn524 @ Apr 13th 2009 7:03PM]

Seriously?! Why do some loser teenagers get this beauty while the rest of us are patiently waiting the seccond coming of the cell phone? This sucks. I WANT!

[patriotsn1 @ Apr 13th 2009 2:38PM]

Since when do 13 year olds define cool? Methinks you just jumped at the chance to shamelessly promote Apple's coolness. Very sad.

[who? @ Apr 13th 2009 2:42PM]

13 year olds in general? Not cool.

13 year olds who get their pictures posted all over the web? Very cool.

[Brian @ Apr 13th 2009 3:03PM]

probably sons of corporate workers..

[BlurMagic @ Apr 13th 2009 3:14PM]

or sons of beaches...

[Simon @ Apr 13th 2009 3:36PM]

Because they are prepubescents.

Thank you, thank you. I'm here all night....

[cf292007 @ Apr 13th 2009 8:09PM]

so are probally some spoiled brats who have parents that work at Palm and are getting them for free or for testing

[Patrick @ Apr 13th 2009 2:30PM]

GTFO. How old are those dudes, they look 15.

WHY DO 15 YEAR OLDS HAVE PLAM PRE'S?

[Frostblade10 @ Apr 13th 2009 2:40PM]

Who the fuck knows? Maybe their dad works for Palm.

[sjs2626 @ Apr 13th 2009 4:41PM]

I'm not sure, but more importantly WHY DO 15 YEAR OLDS HAVE PALM PRE'S?

[Connor @ Apr 13th 2009 6:29PM]

I'm turning 15 tomorrow. I want one.

[J. Kuo @ Apr 15th 2009 2:51PM]

@sjs2626

i see what you did there sir.

[lejupp @ Apr 14th 2009 8:50AM]

@Frostblade10

Why does it always have to be "their dad". Is Palm known for not employing mothers?

[Roadkill @ Apr 16th 2009 7:02AM]

@ sjs2626

PALM TREES ?

[aaron @ Apr 13th 2009 2:29PM]

Just reinforces my dislike for teens......

[skyblaze @ Apr 13th 2009 2:47PM]

if that includes legals then we have a problem.

[ipodrulz @ Apr 13th 2009 2:52PM]

Cause you were never one :)

[Derek @ Apr 13th 2009 11:33PM]

@ipodrulz: To be fair, I hated teenagers when I was one, and that wasn't that long ago.

[dirk long @ Apr 13th 2009 2:30PM]

Thats not fare!

[holycow @ Apr 13th 2009 2:32PM]

"FAIR"

[MAAD @ Apr 13th 2009 2:41PM]

@holycow

All hail Grammar Nazi!

[Nomi @ Apr 13th 2009 2:52PM]

...grammar? Do you even know what grammar is...?

[Simon @ Apr 13th 2009 3:38PM]

Yeah, she's married to grampa.

[turtlesoup @ Apr 13th 2009 3:54PM]

To be fair, it's not a fare either.

[Dr Robotnik @ Apr 13th 2009 2:31PM]

Why do they have Palm Pres?

They have "monies".

[Brian @ Apr 13th 2009 2:31PM]

They look 16. I'll admit it...I would have jumped them to have a Pre right now. Palm is driving me to violence.

[Ted Bertsch @ Apr 13th 2009 2:56PM]

I was thinking the same thing...

[Deeznuts420 @ Apr 13th 2009 9:07PM]

but not the violence definition..

[Neeko @ Apr 13th 2009 2:32PM]

Im sure its their parents that were given the Pre's early. Just means my new Pre is coming sooner then i thought..

KEEP BUILDING THE HYPE SPRINT/PALM im sure weve all learned what over the top HYPE can do for a product.

[TJ @ Apr 13th 2009 3:29PM]

...says the guy who's avatar reminds me of "Assassin's Creed"

[Zak @ Apr 13th 2009 4:46PM]

You know, RIM hyped the everloving shit out of the Blackberry Storm and its "click screen", how well did that work out for them? Here's a hint: Hype doesn't make a product good. A product doesn't get to be as popular as the iPhone simply because of hype. As the Storm was kind enough to show us, if a product sucks then people will stop buying it when the hype wears off.

The only way to be a continuing success like the iPhone is to have a product that doesn't suck. Hype has nothing to do with it. It remains to be seen if the Pre will outlast its initial hype like the iPhone did.

[DeoWulf @ Apr 13th 2009 6:20PM]

You know there are plenty of other products which are very sturdy which you could have used as an example and not betrayed yourself as an iPhone supremacist.

[Zak @ Apr 13th 2009 6:49PM]

Oh, little defensive about the Storm, are we? Well suck it up junior, maybe next time you won't get emotionally involved with an inferior product. And no, the Storm sucking has nothing to do with the iPhone... aside from the fact that the Storm was trying to compete with it.

[Nick J @ Apr 13th 2009 2:33PM]

*GENERAL OUTRAGE*!!!1!!!!

[random @ Apr 13th 2009 2:34PM]

i call 'shopped or fake

-unless they are beta testers for their age group or their parents are working on the palm pre's software/hardware
if i'm wrong, oh well

[oghowie @ Apr 13th 2009 2:36PM]

Maybe their parents were the ones taking the picture and wanted to get the hype going on the internet?

[Col. Readily Apparent Upon Cursory Inspection @ Apr 13th 2009 2:41PM]

That's possible, it does look a little staged. I would say that those are the real deals though.

[comments4cheap @ Apr 13th 2009 5:04PM]

Why do they look like their off? Either the screen res and lighting are really shit or this is a non working product or just a fake. On the second pic you can clearly see the reflection on there.