It’s coming. I can feel the excitement in the tech airwaves. Some pictures of the highly-anticipated Palm Pre cropped up yesterday on Twitter. Although they were quickly removed, you can see them over at EverythingPre. The pictures show the phone navigating the YouTube app and email functions.

Sightings have been cropping up elsewhere as well. But the true harbinger of arrival is ATT’s recent internal memo instructing sales associates how to talk down the Pre and talk up the iPhone, complete with simple-to-understand comparison chart graphics. My favorite talking point: the iPhone has an “on-screen QWERTY keyboard”, while the Pre only has a full QWERTY-keyboard. Stretching it a bit there, boys.

Bring it on, Palm. Bring it on!