It's not exactly full disclosure -- you won't get to see a user's manual, for instance, or those gritty FCC lab external photos that we always love -- but a new device passed by Palm through the feds' systems in the past 24 hours is pretty clearly the Veer judging by the mentions of a sliding mechanism, the lack of CDMA, and the fact that we know the Veer is the next webOS phone to hit the market. Now, here's where it gets a little interesting: this filing was definitely made by Palm, not HP, which leads you to wonder just how far into the process the company got on its next-gen handsets before HP decided to effectively kill off the Palm brand altogether. In case you're wondering, the filing refers to an internal model number is P160UNA, indicating a model P160 in the North American UMTS configuration (for the record, the North American unlocked Pre 2 is the P102UNA). If you ever see a P160EWW in the system, that'd likely mean that a CDMA Veer were in the works -- but seriously, we wouldn't get our hopes up.
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I really don't care about the veer however I am very excited to see the touchpad. If the price is right I would order one today, I just hope for their sake that iOS 5 isn't even more impressive because they are really dragging their feet from demo to release
ReplyDeleteIf the Veer isn't released for Sprint, the HPre 3 better be! First HP refuses to give an update they PROMISED to early adopters, and now it looks as though they're abandoning Sprint altogether!
ReplyDeleteExhibit A) Palm, instead of bringing a 4" slate device to compete with iphone and hundreds of android phones instead decides to bring an even SMALLER pre to market. Exhibit B) epic stupidity at the corporate level-- see Exhibit A) .
ReplyDeleteIDK why you ppl keeping mentioning the iPhone 5 and that the Veer and Pre 3 basically look the same.. When we all know that, that is not the next phone from Apple. Its going to be the iPhone 4G, then the iPhone 4GS and then the iPhone 5.. You know.. All with the same similar form factor, with some minor changes here and there.. But of course, since its Apple, thats completely fine and innovative.. lol
ReplyDeleteI dont see the Veer for myself but do see alot of parents getting their kids that phone.. Now the Pre 3 is what I want and since Im and original Pre owner that means my contract with Sprint ends this Summer.. HP is talking about that they have something special for US legacy phone owners.. Well hows about you get me my Pre 3 to whatever carrier I have to jump ship to or at least for $100??? That is if Sprint doesnt take on the Pre 3. If Sprint does get the Pre 3 I want the phone for like $200 without renewing my contract. What do you say??
Only dual-band HSDPA again? Really HP? What's wrong with you?
ReplyDeleteMade in China : wait for the non-HP version of it made in China : the feer ,lol
ReplyDeleteI wish they just brought back the centro put new internals and new cam on it, raised the screen so its a flat surface, put webos on it and called it a wrap. That still my favorite phone of all time.
ReplyDeleteyou have to be kidding me! A centro? I have it in my drawer somewhere but my Pixi Plus is million times better than Centro especially considering that I am running it at 806mhz right now. In my opinion it's much better than this Veer except the camera part and WebOS 2.0
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I forgot about the pixi. But the centro was a solid value smartphone at its time, durable as hell too. I beat the shit out of that phone no accessory case or nothing...
ReplyDeleteCome on guys why are u complaining about a stupid head phone jack...when Apple released an iPod with not even a single button, no one complained....So please don't point fingers...The device is splendid and has no competition right now.... Well done HP...:-)
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ReplyDeleteErr, the button-less shuffle got a ton of negative feedback from any reviewers out there. A more valid comparison would the the G1/early myTouch 3Gs, which also require a dongle/adapter, but nobody complained about it because it's HTC, and HTC can do no wrong.
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I complained plenty about the buttonless shuffle, and waited a year, and now own the new Nano! :)
ReplyDeleteYes lets compare Shuffle with a smart phone....
ReplyDeleteProbably size this small kills the whole smart phone idea, you cant browse, cant play, cant email,
ReplyDeleteWell for just making calls and other purposes there are a junkyard full of devices, for me web os or any of the os requires display to to screen the benefits of the word smart....
BTW i also think that once the only thing that men used to boast that they had got smallest, was mobile.... is not correct anymore
spacemanspork 46 minutes ago in reply to Rehan Lodhi
ReplyDeleteActually it makes sense. I'm not sure if I agree with it, but it makes sense.
For people who want their phone to be their media source then you get the Pre3.
For those who want a phone that is a smart phone is "emergency" situations only because they will be using their touchpad most of the time, you get the Veer. It's smaller and you're doing your media consumption on your Touchpad, so the smaller your phone is the better.
cute? my foot
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to like this thing, though I'm not too fond of the name. Sounds viking....
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking to get one for my kid... Hope it'll come to more carriers.
this is sooo little and cute its obviously for girls, no man wants to carry around anything 'little and cute'
ReplyDeleteHowever, I would love to buy an unlocked one. Looks awesome, is small and cute, a real powerhouse, and ultra-portable. ;)
ReplyDeletesh1sh1 2 hours ago
ReplyDelete*tickles Veer*
*koochie-koo*
Cute lil' bugger.
Chris Williams 2 hours ago
ReplyDeleteHP needs to release the Pre3 now, or else it will be eaten alive by the iPhone 5, and Apples marketing machine!