Palm must have something up its sleeve. Engadget has reported via Gearlog that ealier today, Palm had a password-protected site up called palmmwc2009.com. So looks like Palm just might be announcing something big at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. That Palm password-protected site has already been taken down, but not before Gearlog snapped a quick screenshot as seen above. Hmm... I do believe I see a castle in the background. And is that possibly a Knight riding upon that a horse in the foreground? A little blurry but it sure looks like a castle behind a knight on horseback to my tired eyes. If you'll recall, we reported over at our sister site TreoCentral recently that Palm had slipped out the Palm Pre's codename "Castle" by accidentally leaving it in an automatically generated confirmation email.
So what could Palm be announcing at Mobile World Congress 2009? MWC is the world's biggest mobile phone trade show, so you know it's got to be something good. We're guessing that it'll be the official unveiling of the 3G GSM version of the Palm Pre. I hope that Palm announces an unlocked GSM version. I also hope that they'll give a release date on the Sprint CDMA Pre.
TC forum member clevin ponders what it could be in this thread:
a WebOS centro for $99? a WebOS PDA for $299? and announce the price for the Pre to be $199?
I like all of those.
Could there be even more goodies to be unveiled besides the possibly announced 3G GSM version of the Pre? Wouldn't that be just awesome? I wonder if anyone was able to figure out the password before the palmmwc site got taken down? I'm soooo curious now about what might be announced. Let us know if you hear anything!
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Don't most major OSs have a screen-shot feature? Couldn't they have done that instead of using a $20 digital camera....or is it SUPPOSED to be blurry?
Supposed to be blurry, I'd imagine, just like the background on the CES Press Conference invites was blurred.
The picture itself is not blurred but there is an applied filter to make it look blurry.
Hmm, checking whois tells us the site is registered to Mischief Media at mischiefmedia.ca which states:
We've worked for some of the best advertising agencies in Canada, and have worked on award winning websites for some of the biggest brands in the world.
Our goal is simple: to create stand out online experiences that surpass our clients marketing objectives, generate buzz with audiences- and have fun doing it!
Further checking reveals:
Palm Canada
Mischief created a Sales Rep incentive program for Palm Canada to promote the sales of their Palm Treo products. This is in partnership with Rogers and Telus dealers. What is unique about this program is that both an instant win and performance-based incentive modules are incorporated. This allows Sales Reps have to choose the way they want to be rewarded: instant prizing based on a spinning wheel or guaranteed prizing based on number of products sold.
So we know they have a past relationship. This lends credibility to the palmmwc2009.com "future" site...
i know the place it´s at the back of a cathedral here in barcelona. But not a castle; it´s built over a roman wall.
Redmond, Start Your Photocopiers.
Palm, Wash your dirty hands.
I just hope Sprint prices the Palm Pre at $199.99 or less with 2yr contract. I think they should take the same approach T-Mobile took with their G1 but pricing it at $179.99 or even better pricing it at $149.99 and besting everyone.
My guess is that the Pre will come in on Sprint for $249.99 with $50 rebate with 2yr contract.
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