The HP Veer is the first smartphone to come out of the partnership between Hewlett Packard and Palm, the creators of the webOS platform that powered the Palm Pre and Pre 2. Though the Veer is tiny, with a 2.6-inch screen, it's a fully-featured smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard, able to download apps, handle emails, messaging, and calendars.
While webOS remains a promising platform with many desirable features, we ultimately found that the Veer, both in terms of physique and power, is not sufficient for anyone performing more than very light and infrequent tasks on their smartphones.
The inclusion of a physical keyboard makes the smartphone decent for messaging (though its keys are quite small) but the size of the screen and the underpowered processor can make moderate to heavy use a chore. The Veer is targeted at those who have only a light reliance on the various functions a smartphone can perform but want them all.