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When is your Palm Pre’s birthday?

  1. First, get your serial number.  Don’t crack open the case, it’s under Device Info on the third page of the launcher.

    serial-number

  2. For the Pre, we care about the 6th, 7th, and 8th numbers — the 6th is a code for the month, the 7th is the day, and the 8th is the last number of the year.
  3. Use the list below to find your Pre’s birthday:
    1	Jan
    2	Feb
    3	Mar
    4	Apr
    5	May
    6	Jun
    7	Jul
    8	Aug
    9	Sep
    A	Oct
    B	Nov
    C	Dec
    
    1	1
    2	2
    3	3
    4	4
    5	5
    6	6
    7	7
    8	8
    9	9
    A	10
    B	11
    C	12
    D	13
    E	14
    F	15
    G	16
    H	17
    I	18
    J	19
    K	20
    L	21
    M	22
    N	23
    O	24
    P	25
    Q	26
    R	27
    S	28
    T	29
    U	30</code>
    V	31

Mine was born on May 31, 2009…only a week before I bought it! Most of the dates I’ve seen are within the last half of May. When was YOURS born? Let me know in the comments!

PS:  And yes, I did set up a birthday remember for the lil’ guy.

About the author: Lisa Brewster is a project manager and startup advisor in San Diego, CA. Subscribe to this blog by RSS or email, or follow me on Twitter for more updates.

14 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Was hoping my lil’ Pre would be sharing my birthday, but it’s a few weeks off. He was born on May 15, 2009.

  2. J

    I think you’ve got the formula wrong… Mine has a “X” for the month so unless it was made on may 33rd…

  3. Mine was born a day before yours May 30th 2009!

  4. Mine is May 21st. By the way, yours was born on my son’s 22nd birthday.

  5. Kyle

    Mine is June 1, 2009!!. Looking forward to predevcamp, btw. I almost emailed you today to find out about the Atlanta “coordinator”, but found him on twitter.

  6. danny

    Mine was born on RELEASE DAY!
    6/6/09
    :D
    i love stuff like this!

  7. Danny:

    Dude, nowai! You just got yours last night though, didn’t you? That distribution chain must be quick like a fox.

  8. d-dog

    June 10, 2009

  9. Rangt

    Mine is 5YP

    So i’m confused…May what???

  10. Rangt

    Sorry, 5Y9.

    But I don’t know what Day?

  11. HechoEnCalifas

    don’t fully know mine. Code is ‘6G9′.

  12. Rangt

    6G9 = June 16th, 2009

    But what is

    5″Y”9

    Y is not on the code list.

  13. Scott

    Mine is June 27th 09

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