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Introduces the HP company, with a particularly compact Veer WebOS smartphone.
Still do not have the comfort features like a slide out QWERTY keyboard and
wireless-n will be omitted. The Veer has published a 2.57-inch glass screen on
which a resolution of 320 x 400 pixels up to 262,144 colors. Among the typical
gesture WebOS area exists, over which the mobile phone is partially served.
Typing should be easily possible on the pull-out QWERTY keyboard.
With the integrated 5-megapixel camera can record videos, too. As the processor is one of Qualcomm's Snapdragon is used, which runs at a clock speed of 800 MHz. The internal memory is only 8 GB in size, with an extensive music collection can be quickly run out, especially since the users of which only about 6.5 GB available. Is a memory card slot does not exist. The RAM is 512 MB. In addition, the smartphone has a GPS receiver and the Palm typical ringer switch. Is a 3.5-mm jack, it only via adapter, which is magnetically attached to the mobile phone. Whether this mechanism holds in practice is questionable. The UMTS mobile phone works in all the four GSM networks and offers GPRS and EDGE and HSDPA at up to 7.2 Mbit / s. In addition, WLAN 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 2.1 including A2DP profile provided. With the mobile hotspot application of HP's mobile phone can be connected to the wireless router for up to five devices.
The Veer comes with the multitasking operating
system WebOS 2.2 on the market. Contained in the WebOS Webkit browser will then
work with the beta version of Flash 10.1; a final version is still not there
for WebOS. In conjunction with the new HP Tablet WebOS-sharing feature is supported
in contact. If a tablet with the Veer WebOS 3.0
touches, URLs will be transferred. Achieving this goal requires both devices at
the same WebOS account logged in and be connected to the Internet. The Veer
measures 84 x 54.5 x 15.1 mm and weighs 103 grams, which is comparatively
little weight for a smartphone. The battery pack has a capacity of 910
mAh. The values for the battery life times are
given only vague. The maximum talk time is 5 hours; it is not known
whether this applies to UMTS or GSM mode. The standby time is HP with 12.5
days. The inductive charging station Touchstone
is directly supported by Veer. Thus the battery can be charged easily by
the mobile phone is placed on the cradle as an accessory offered. Cable plug
eliminates annoying. Here, the Exhibition mode
of WebOS is supported. How much will cost the mobile phone then, HP was still a
secret.
