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Twitter is an awesome tool but it is amazing how many mistakes are made on it.  People still have the illusion that things on the Internet are anonymous even when people are using their real names. One rather large mistake was made this past weekend when @LogicommInc (Jim Van) decided that it was acceptable to tell people that he and others were testers for the Palm Pre.  He also commented that the release date of the Pre is April 30th in this tweet:

“We do a lot of betas 4 Sprint. Also testing WiMax fones. Not sure if Pre is final. Release dte of 4/30, so I’m told..”

As is with everything on Twitter people are always listening no matter how few followers a person has.  Shortly after he posted this and a few other comments they were quickly picked up by numerous Palm Pre sites including MyPre.  His comments spread very rapidly and resulted in Mr. Van making his Twitter account private so only his allowed friends could see his updates.

Whether or not his information is factual remains to be seen but one thing is for sure, he violated any Non-Disclosure Agreements that he may have had in testing the Palm Pre.   Someone in his position should have more respect for NDA’s and the companies he is testing for.

UPDATE:: As suspected the rumor is false. It was confirmed by a few people to be not true.  The biggest tip off apparently is that Palm has always announced new product releases on Sunday, April 30th is on a Tuesday.  Apparently even Palm does not have a date scheduled, only a window of time.

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