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HP Veer Unboxing: Smallest Smartphone Ever? For the latest tech news and reviews, check us out at: www.technobuffalo.com TechnoBuffalo on Facebook: www.facebook.com TechnoBuffalo on Twitter www.twitter.com What do you get when you have WebOS without a Pre or Pixi? The Veer, HP’s first original smartphone powered by the platform the company acquired when it bought Palm, Inc. Like the flagship Pre, this handset features a sliding hardware QWERTY keyboard. But according to the press release, it’s “the smallest webOS phone to date — the size of a credit card and no thicker than a deck of cards.” So while the trend may be mammoth displays (ahem! Infuse), this one goes the opposite way and crams a full-fledged smartphone into a tiny package, with “4G” no less. (It actually supports HSDPA Cat 10, HSUPA Cat 6.) Available on May 15 for (with two-year contract), the Veer offers features that include the following: 800-MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7230 processor 2.57-inch multitouch glass screen with 18-bit color (320 x 400 res) Gesture area Full slide-out hardware QWERTY keyboard Support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, integrated GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support, hotspot functionality 5MP camera Rechargeable 910 mAh non removable battery (for up to 5 hrs talk time) 8GB built-in storage Compatible with Touchstone charger (available separately) Tri-band UMTS, quad-band GSM/EDGE world phone Measures 54.5 x 84 x 15.1 mm (2.1 x 3.3 x 0.6 …

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