Palm Pre "price" and "launch date" kind of revealed

You may have gotten something in your inbox lately from Sprint giving you the chance to win a Palm Pre on launch. Two interesting tidbits are buried in the contest rules – first, the phone will cost $542.01 (presumably for an unsubsidized model with accessories) and second they’re drawing a winner on May 26 which suggests that the Pre will be launched around then.

Keep in mind that this is all conjecture but it does seem to suggest that the phone will be available sooner than later and since it’s already been floating around the Bay Area it makes sense that we can expect it later this month or early June – definitely before WWDC.