Palm Pre Will Debut in Canada Later this Year

Canada's Bell Mobility has become the second wireless carrier that we can say for certain will get the eagerly-awaited Palm Pre.

The first webOS-based smartphone will debut in Canada exclusively on Bell Mobility's mobile broadband network in the second half of this year.

"We've seen enormous interest from mobile operators worldwide and fully expect to continue to expand distribution for Pre, putting it within reach of more and more customers," said Brodie Keast, senior vice president of marketing for Palm, Inc.

Palm Pre Availability Around the World
In the U.S., the Pre will be available first from Sprint, who will add its mobile broadband service EV-DO Rev. A. Bell Mobility is also a CDMA-based carrier, so it will be offering the same version.

The GSM version for Europe and Latin America may debut later this year, and will have the 3G standard HSDPA. According to an unconfirmed report, the Pre will be offered exclusively in the U.K., Spain, and Latin America by the subsidiaries of Telefónica. It will available through Movistar in all three areas, while O2 will also carry it in the U.K.

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. 

Source:Palm