Don't get your hopes up, but Jim Van, a Palm Pre beta tester, has Twittered that the Pre will be released on April 30th. That would be welcome news to a lot of us who are waiting to get our hands on one of these, but is Jim Van even a beta tester? We have no evidence of that. As Gizmodo points out, Palm would certainly require a NDA before giving any information out and he could certainly be held accountable if he twittered some inside information.

That said, Palm needs to get the Pre released soon before they lose steam. They've been doing a great job of building the suspense but eventually that will get old. Let's hope this guy is right and the Pre release is just around the corner. I'd hate to have to wait until July to pick up a Pre.