CNBC is running an article claiming Sprint has the exclusive on the Palm Pre through 2009. Sprint shares were up on the news.

"Sprint Nextel has exclusive U.S. rights to sell Palm's hotly anticipated Pre phone through the end of 2009, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Neither Sprint nor Palm have not announced how long the exclusivity period would last for the touchscreen phone, due to go on sale in the first half of the year."