Want your next smartphone to be compact and extremely pocketable? The HP Veer could be exactly what you've been waiting for.
Measuring a diminutive 3.31 x 2.15 x 0.59 inches and weighing only 3.63 ounces, it should easily be one of the lowest-footprint smartphones around. The size only gets more impressive once you realize that it packs a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.
Details of the HP Veer include a 2.6-inch capacitive touchscreen (320 x 400 resolution), a 5.0 megapixel camera module, aGPS, WiFi, 3G with HSPA, stereo Bluetooth, 8GB of built-in storage (no microSD expansion, though) and a 910 mAh battery (rated at up to 5 hours of talk time). Despite having the length and width of a regular credit card, it fits in an 800Mhz processor to command the action.
The phone runs webOS, complete with the platform's full range of features, including native Flash 10.1 compatibility. Full messaging support (including corporate mail) should see that vertical QWERTY slider put to good use, as well.
Granted, a 2.6-inch touchscreen doesn't sound like the most enjoyable thing to work with. Still, we'll hold off our judgments on the HP Veer until we get to play with one. It's slated for availability in early Spring, likely at similar price points as the lower-end LG Optimus series.
[HP Veer]
