Sprint Giving Away Two Palm Pre Devices

Sprint is holding a contest in which two winners will receive a free Palm Pre and a year of service. This sweepstakes will end on the day before Palm and Sprint are rumored to be planning an joint announcement.

A pair of winners will receive this upcoming smartphone, 1 year of Sprint's Simply Everything service, and a Palm Touchstone -- the wireless charger for this model.

This contest is being held to encourage the public to sign up to be notified when the Palm Pre is released by Sprint.

Complete Official Rules, including entry instructions and prize details, are available on Sprint's website.

A Significant Date?
This sweepstakes will end at 11:59 pm CDT on Monday, May 18.  That date could be significant, because an unconfirmed report says Sprint and Palm are set to make a joint announcement the very next day.

This could be a sign that these companies are going to release the Palm Pre on May 19.

An Overview of the Palm Pre
The Palm Pre will be the first device to use Palm's newly-announced webOS. This will be a multi-tasking operating system able to wirelessly synchronize a wide variety of data with online services like Google and Facebook.

The Pre itself will feature a sliding keyboard as well as a multi-touch-capable 3.1-inch display. This device will also be equipped with 8 GB of on-board storage, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, and a 3.0 megapixel camera with LED flash. 

In the U.S., this smartphone will be available first from Sprint, who will add its mobile broadband service EV-DO Rev. A. A Canadian version from Bell Mobility will be released later this year, while the GSM version for Europe and Latin America is also expected before 2010, and will have the 3G standard HSDPA.

Source: Best Buy