Sprint "Freedom Fighter" Shows Off Pre Pics 14

by Jennifer Chappell Fri, 15 May 2009 11:45 am EDT

We know that Sprint employees have been training with the Palm Pre. And looks like a Sprint employee (referred to as "Freedom Fighter") who got his hands on a Palm Pre decided to take some pics of himself showing off Palm's upcoming beauty in the back office. Not only did the guy take photos of himself holding the Pre, he posted them on twitter (since gone) for the world to see! Oops! I guess if we can all see the pics, so can this Sprint employee's boss.

We're going to go ahead and use the disguise that Engadget gave the "Sprint Freedom Fighter." It all really exploded in our Palm Pre forums after the "freedom fighter" contacted one of our forum members and said that he might have lost his job already.

We always appreciate seeing all the great photos during silly season, but please be careful if you're going to actually post pics of "yourself" holding the Pre. As much as we love seeing the Pre in the wild, we don't want people losing their jobs over it!

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Posted by supervillain on Fri, 15 May 2009 9:22 am EDT

that picture is a chop. look how small the pre is in his hand. if it is real, that is shaq or that pre is 100% cotton and went through the dryer.

Posted by nitido357 on Fri, 15 May 2009 9:27 am EDT

I would agree if Dieter's hands on (the few seconds they let him actually hold the device during CES) didn't show the small size of the Pre while in his hand.

In other words, yeah, the Pre is THAT small when the keyboard is retracted. As I remember it, the Pre is vertically shorter than the Centro...I stand to be corrected of course.

Posted by chodaboy on Fri, 15 May 2009 9:29 am EDT

I'm not trying to be mean, but if he was truly dumb enough to do this, he should get what he deserves. The term "Natural Selection" comes to mind...

Posted by taharka on Fri, 15 May 2009 9:50 am EDT

Posted by PreActive on Fri, 15 May 2009 9:46 am EDT

i saw the original somewhere, but yea he already shown his face

Posted by vadnick on Fri, 15 May 2009 1:10 pm EDT

LOL, setting the resolution to make the pic look lifesize doesn't quite work that way. On my 22" widescreen monitor at 1280 x 800, if that was lifesize, I'd need to carry the Pre around in a backpack it's so big! :-)

Posted by Ranger_000 on Fri, 15 May 2009 12:24 pm EDT

I don't think you should have posted the related picture. At the very least, you should have blurred out his whole body and hat as they could still give him away...