REVIEW: The HP Veer 4G

Intro

I have wondered the "deal" is with WebOS for a while now. I have had friends who liked it a lot, also had people I follow on social networks who really liked it, many were reluctant to give it up, many didn't want to move on to Android as WebOS started to die. A lot of them were basically forced to as WebOS was not doing well and it wasn't being very supported, now we are really in too deep as they have cancelled all hardware and claim to support the software.

Looks

It looks kind of nice, a very clean round form factor. I like it a lot, many have liked it. It comes in white or black and I got white. It is shaped like.. well a round rock kind of, the perfect kind for skipping.  It is clean and smooth, the keyboard is quite nice if you ask me, even for being so dang small! It's set up in Qwerty mode, the buttons are really easy to press as they are raised. Many many people like how this device looks, I have only seen white but I have heard time and time again this week "if that was in black."

OS

The OS, as mentioned is WebOS. It was recently purchased by HP. Palm of course was the bigger part of that. The version I am running is 2.1. From what I read, Palm... HP whatever is quite fragmented, more so than Android is ways, this is one of those things that proves it. The Pre 3, which is no longer coming to America was set to run version 3, the cancelled tablet, (TouchPad - Review Coming) is also on version 3. Version 2 added a few things, one of them was tab stacking, and it is kind of a cool feature.

Imagery

Final Thoughts

I had some fun with the phone, no doubts there, I took it to work and gave it a good run. Many co workers wanted one or something like it, the size and form factor is a draw for many people, me included (although it'd be too hard to give up my 4.3 inch evo screen). WebOS is a thing of beauty, it makes me excited to get a touchpad and mess with the next iteration of the software, that is until stable Android is on it.

It really makes me wonder what failed with Palm/HP/WebOS. A lot of people like the devices, the form seems like something many like, the style and over all design is great too, it could be the pricing, the TouchPad and Pre I heard wasn't ideal for price. This one though, the Veer 4G seems nice. It is only one penny with a new contract. A PENNY!