The 4G Veer will undoubtedly sell in the dozens. Photo Jon Snyder / Wired.com
HP's webOS-based Veer 4G cellphone is coming to AT&T on May 15th. The tiny Palm phone — small enough to be hidden in your own palm — will be an AT&T exclusive. This seems to us to be better than the suicide-by-carrier that Palm committed by giving Sprint the exclusive deal on the original Palm.
The diminutive phones manages to pack in a pull out keyboard. A good thing, too, as trying to type on the tiny 2.6-inch screen would drive you crazy. Other specs include a 5MP camera, 8GB storage and an 800MHz Snapdragon processor. The whole package weighs in at 3.63 ounces.
Don't let the "4G" part of the name get you too excited. First, it doesn't support HSPA+, which is widely considered just 3.5G. Instead, it has HSDPA, or enhanced 3G. Calling this a 4G phone is a stretch.
Not that it really matters. Having a 4G phone today is like owning an 802.11n-compatible Wi-Fi device a few years back. It was nice to see on the spec sheet, but as most Wi-Fi networks were still 802.11g, you could never get the extra speed anyway.
The Veer "4G" will be out on May 15th, as I said, and cost $100.
Veer "4G" press release [AT&T via HP Palm blog]
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