HP surprisingly announced a baby smartphone in its webOS event in San Francisco. If you like ‘em cute and small and round, this should be the phone for you. However, this 2.6-inch diminutive QWERTY slider is no joke, being powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 single-core SoC, and that’s about nearly the same power as the iPhone 4. The phone is said to replace the Palm Pixi Plus though, so it’s not some serious stout like its bigger brother the Pre 3.

The Veer’s 2.6-inch screen has a 320 x 400 resolution, and there’s a 5-Megapixel EDoF camera at the back. The Veer will be running on webOS 2.2. There’s no front camera here though. HSPA+ support is present, but HP didn’t mention of any EVDO-A here. Not very “world” for this baby eh. Internal storage is of 8GB, there are an accelerometer, proximity and light sensors as usual, and even Touchstone compatibility and mobile hotspot support. 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR are also present. However, the 910mAh battery is said to be non-removable.

Very full-fledged for something this tiny I might say. Keyboard usability will be an issue here seeing the petite size it has, but still it’s very cute. The Veer will be coming this spring, faster than the Pre 3.

SOURCE via Palm