Like most of the other handset makers, HP, also have a bad habit of announcing devices up to half a year before they even hit the market. According to PreCentral , The Veer, which was announced on February 9th of this year, is rumored to launch on May 2nd 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. The Veer, HP’s smallest smartphone 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. This information is for those who don’t remember it. It’s a smartphone for those who want to 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.
The Veer was launching in Germany on O2 in May was heard this time last month, so it isn’t a stretch to say that it’ll come to America during the same month. So how many are picking up one? It’s roughly the size of a credit card, but what might kill it is the 15 mm thickness. 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. 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.
Our hands on time consisted of a 5 minute groping at a cocktail party in Spain. Still, it’s too early to say if it’ll rock or not.
HP Veer Video (Credits: phonescoop)
