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I clicked the devmarketing@palm.com link, and it apparently executes some javascript to unencrypt the actual email address you're supposed to email.

It didn't work, though. I tried Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. I just emailed devmarketing@palm.com directly -- anyone have any insight into this? I see no errors in my Javascript console, but when I paste the JS call in directly into the console, the return value is undefined.

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The JavaScript turns it into the address "mailto:devmarketing@palm.com?subject=Developer%20Device%20Program%20NA%20TouchPad" (the same email address, but auto-sets the Subject line). It then immediately sets the page location to this link, and the function returns nothing (aka undefined) which should trigger the browser to do what it would ordinarily do when you click an email link but with the revised address.

It seems to execute a mailto to the same email address with a subject of "Developer Device Program NA TouchPad"

Yes, that is what it did for me when I clicked it. It brought up a new email in Thunderbird (remember that?) filled in as you describe.

Or "Developer Device Program EMEA TouchPad" for Europe.

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