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HP, like most other handset makers, have a bad habit of announcing devices up to half a year before they even hit the market. The Veer, which was announced on February 9th of this year, is rumored to launch on May 2nd according to PreCentral, which is just under 3 months of waiting. It’ll be available from AT&T, with an as yet to be determined price point, but we’d take a wager that it’ll be less than $100 and quite possibly even free. For those of you who don’t remember the Veer, it’s HP’s smallest smartphone. It has a screen that measures just 2.6 inches across with a resolution of 320 x 400 pixels. It has an 800 MHz Qualcomm processor inside, 512 MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera, it does quadband GSM/EDGE, triband 3G, and it even has WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. It’s a smartphone for people who want to go against the trend of large screen devices. After AT&T announced the Samsung Infuse 4G that packs a 4.5 inch screen, many folks gagged a little bit in disgust. The Veer is for them.
This time last month we heard that the Veer was launching in Germany on O2 in May, so it isn’t a stretch to say that it’ll come to America during the same month. How many of you are interested in picking one up? It’s roughly the size of a credit card, but what might kill it is the 15 mm thickness. That may not sound like a lot, especially since that extra bit of junk in the Veer’s trunk is needed for the slide out QWERTY keyboard, but in an age where sub 10 mm thick phones dominate the landscape, and even 9 mm is quickly becoming the new fat boy, the Veer might pose a bit of a problem.
Still, it’s too early to say if it’ll rock or not. Our hands on time consisted of a 5 minute groping at a cocktail party in Spain.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
