As I was questing for new Palm Pre news, I stumbled upon this interesting tweet from Jim Van, CEO of Logiccom. In his own words:

"Got Pre to work on Twitter, but it's a tad cludgy..."

It was a bit confusing at first so I took a peek at his recent tweets. It turns out that, apparently, he and a bunch of others are doing some beta testing for the Palm Pre. And today would be the 2nd day, since he first got his testing model.

According to his tweets:

• They're doing the "final testing" for the Pre. Could this mean that it's ready?
• Release date to be 4/30!
• Pre seems 2 work so well w/ Facebook. Can't seem to get it 2 play w/ Twitter yet.
• Battery's going strong after 8 hours of mixed use
• They do testing for Sprint and WiMax phones
• He got the Pre on 3/26

If what he's saying is true, that the Pre is in its "final testing" phase, then this may well prove that it will be out before the next iPhone does. And as for his release date of 4/30, it would work if Palm and Sprint ramp up marketing efforts before the end of April. Of course this could all be made up, until he posts some Palm Pre UI pictures, as promised.

[LogicommInc (Jim Van) on Twitter]