Palm today announced that its eagerly await touchscreen smartphone will be arriving on Canadian shores in the second half of this year. The Palm Pre will be available in the great white north exclusively under contract with Bell Mobility.

The announcement makes the Canadanian mobile carrier the second to announce a Pre deal after Sprint in the United States. The phone will utilize Bell Mobility's high-speed 3G network.

The Palm Pre has yet to get a firm release date in Canada or otherwise.