Bell Mobility has announced today their plans to bring the Palm Pre to Canada during the "second half of 2009" with pricing and further details to be announced at a later date, but they have confirmed that they will be offering the Pre's innovative Touchstone inductive charging accessory. The smartphone represents a chance for Palm to reinvent itself in the mobile market with the first touchscreen handset to feature an operating system designed for it from scratch. Already inspiring considerable excitement from the mobile industry for its slick ability to flick through application like a deck of cards and to sync with all of your information from any platform or source, the rounded ergonomic handset solves the virtual keyboard issue by including a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This represents a fantastic coup for Bell and a great response to Rogers' exclusive on the Apple iPhone 3G.

 “Bell is excited to be only the second carrier in the world to announce the 3G Pre,” says Adel Bazerghi, senior vice president of Products for Bell Mobility. 

Here's the feature and spec list:

Palm webOS introduces Palm Synergy™, a key feature of the new platform that brings your information from all the places it resides into one logical view. You don’t have to worry about tracking multiple calendars, contacts and messaging applications – Synergy seems to think ahead to bring you a more comprehensive and truly representative view of your life.

Linked contacts – With Synergy, you have a single view that links your contacts from a variety of sources, so accessing them is easier than ever. For example, if you have the same contact listed in your Outlook, Google and Facebook accounts, Synergy recognizes that they’re the same person and links the information, presenting it to you as one listing.

Layered calendars – Your calendars can be seen on their own or layered together in a single view, combining work, family, friends, sports teams, or other interests. You can toggle to look at one calendar at a time, or see them all at a glance.

Combined messaging – Synergy lets you see all your conversations with the same person in a chat-style view, even if it started in IM and you want to reply with text messaging. You can also see who’s active in a buddy list right from contacts or email, and start a new conversation with just one touch.

Your Information, Effortlessly

By smartly integrating your information, webOS is designed to think ahead for you and keep you on top of the things that happen in your life, but that’s just the first step. The platform’s unique interface brings your information to you with the ease that only Palm can offer.

· Run multiple applications at the same time – Palm’s revolutionary webOS lets you manage multiple activities more effectively than any other mobile platform today. It lets you keep multiple activities open and move easily between them like flipping through a deck of cards. You can rearrange items simply by dragging them; when you are done with something, just throw it away by flicking it off the top of the screen.

Web-connected applications – Applications are seamlessly connected to the web and always active, ensuring you have the most up-to-date information.

Universal search – Finding what you need is easy with universal search – as you type what you’re looking for, webOS narrows your search and offers results from both your device and the web.

Intuitive and unobtrusive notifications – When important things come up or new updates arrive, you’ll receive notifications with a diplomacy that’s a radical departure from other mobile platforms. For example, if you receive a text message or email, a scrolling notifications bar at the bottom of your screen lets you address it right away or leave until later. webOS alerts are one step ahead, ensuring that you never miss a thing, but never lose your place or train of thought.

Palm Pre Features

3G EVDO Rev. A high-speed connectivity

Integrated GPS

Large 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color 320x480 resolution HVGA display

Gesture area, which enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation

Slide-out QWERTY keyboard

Email, including Outlook EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers), as well as personal email support (POP3, IMAP)

Robust messaging support (IM, SMS and MMS capabilities)

High-performance, desktop-class web browser

Great multimedia experience and performance (pictures, video playback, music), featuring a 3-megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field, and a standard 3.5mm headset jack

Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support

8GB internal memory (~7GB user available)

USB mass storage mode

MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

Proximity sensor, which automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your earLight sensor, which dims the display if the ambient light is dark, such as at night or in a movie theater, to reduce power usageAccelerometer, which automatically orients web pages and photos to your perspective

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Ringer switch, which easily silences the device with one touch

Removable, rechargeable battery

Dimensions: 59.57mm (W) x 100.53mm (L, closed) x 16.95mm (D)

Weight: ~135 grams