Veer available May 15th
AT&T announced today the availability of the HP Veer. Veer is world smallest 4G smartphone. It runs a full webOS -- and it is so cool.
We've been working really hard to make it happen. I want to publicly thank my team and everybody else who made this happen. A lot of planning, design, implementation, bug scraping, blood, sweat, and even some tears. Go to an AT&T store to see why!
I joined the HP / Palm team in November. So this is the first HP/Palm product for me! I was really impressed to see the dedication and passion within the team. It became very clear to me that even though this is not the easiest team to lead, this is most passionate and talented group of people. A lot of action going on.
As announced earlier, we will have more products coming out. We are thus engaging with developers every day. We run workshops and distribute SDKs and other tools. We are polishing webOS , and doing our best to make sure developers have the best possible tools and the latest know-how from our engineering on how to develop applications and services on webOS. In addition to the core webOS team, developers all over the world are a key source of innovation and drive. Add that team seems to be very passionate about webOS, too.
So, a lot of hard work, emotions, drive -- and a very nice webOS phone -- the HP Veer!
posted by Ari Jaaksi at 2:21 PM
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Good news. I'm waiting new HP smartphones in Europe.
Maybe you'll be at the Berlin webOS Connect seminar next week and we'll get to try the Veer out there?
Hi Ari, nny news on possible availability in Finland soon?
Good post! Nice job!
This post will not be strictly relevant, but I NEED to tell/suggest this to someone at HP for their consideration.
I have read enough times that WebOS will be available in Windows in all HP computers, and in all interviews I have read that it will simply be an application that runs in a window.
In my view, this is not the way to go.
WebOS should be implemented in firmware in HP computers, and the user should have the option of actually booting up their computer entirely to WebOS instead of Windows, as well as also being able to run it in a window in Windows should they wish.
Why?
Well, how many times have you been somewhere with your laptop and quickly wanted to check your email or a website, but the thought of having to boot up Windows has put you off? Imagine if you could simply boot up to WebOS quickly instead.
In fact, if all I wanted to do was check my email, browse the web, watch a movie, listen to some music, or even edit some documents, I would probably prefer to boot into WebOS instead of Windows as WebOS is perfectly able to do all this and would boot up and probably respond much quicker and use less power/battery than Windows.
All it would need is for WebOS to be able to access the HDD so as to have access to the same files as with Windows, or include a built-in flash drive to be used as shared storage between Windows and WebOS which the user would manage themselves.
If you need to do something that really requires Windows, then you would boot up in Windows, but otherwise it would be much easier and efficient to use your laptop as a tablet with keyboard and touchpad. In fact, if the screen was a touchscreen and could twist round 180 degrees and lay flat against the keyboard again, you would have a full WebOS Tablet and computer in one - the perfect tool!
This implementation could really launch WebOS as a major operating system, simply because everyone who buys a HP computer/laptop could find themselves preferring to use WebOS instead of Windows for most basic tasks.
However, to be honest, if I've already booted into Windows, why would I want to launch WebOS in a window? I can't imagine what I would want to do in WebOS that I can't already do in Windows - I really can't see the benefit.
Anyway, now I've told you it's up to you. I'd like to see WebOS succeed, and when I first heard that HP computers would include WebOS, this is how I thought it would be implemented which I thought was a brilliant idea. I was rather disappointed to then discover that it would simply run in a window and felt I HAD to tell someone. I chose you! ;-)
Thanks.
Whats you comment about N9?
I got a Veer just before Discover, and have been using it as my work phone since. Overall a great phone, but just ok as a smartphone. No twitter client. Facebook client won't display pictures. No predictive text. I can't unlock it - AT&T tells me I need proof of ownership! I can't use the mobile wi-fi hotspot because my HP corporate plan doesn't allow it to be enabled. Proprietary connector for headphones/charging is annoying. And no HP ePrint app?! We don't even make our own app for our own mobile platform? Please tell me I'm missing something there.
When will webOS 2.2 update go on the air for HP Veer?
I would like to try Veer and Touchpad "touch to share", but it requires webOS 2.2 and above.
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Veer is one of the most portable smarphones made by HP because of its size. It's features are also comparable to its Iphone counterpart. Veer is clearly the winner.
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