According to recent news, it appears as if Palm will be releasing their Pre sometime in May or June. This could be anywhere from more than a month to a few days before the iPhone 3.0 software and (suspected) new iPhone hardware are released. The question is, what would be better for Palm, a release before the new iPhone or after?

Palm showed off many features of their yet to be released Pre this week at the CTIA Wireless Association’s annual event. Many of the features appear to be direct arguments towards getting a Palm Pre over Apple’s iPhone. For example, Palm showed off the Palm Pre version of the Pandora application at their Sprint booth. Since the Pre allows background processes, it was pretty powerful to see users be able to listen to Pandora while doing other things on the phone, as well as skip songs from anywhere on the phone.