2.10.2011

Palm Pixi Plus vs. HP Veer: what's changed?

If you like 'em cute, small, and (presumably) cheap, HP's announcement today of the Veer should make you pretty happy -- on the surface, it looks like a downsized Pre, but really, you can think of it as a proper Pixi / Pixi Plus successor. Let's take a look at what sets these two bad boys apart from one another.

Palm Pixi Plus

HP Veer

Dimensions

55 x 111 x 10.85mm

54.5 x 84 x 15.1mm

Processor

600MHz Qualcomm MSM7x27

800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230

RAM

256MB

512MB

Display

2.63-inch 400 x 320

2.6-inch 400 x 320

Camera

2 megapixel

5 megapixel

Storage

8GB

8GB

Cellular radio

GSM / HSDPA or CDMA

GSM / HSPA

WiFi

802.11b/g

802.11b/g/n

Bluetooth

2.1 + EDR

2.1 + EDR

Gyroscope

No

No

Accelerometer

Yes

Yes

Touch-to-share capability

No

Yes

Battery capacity

1,150mAh

910mAh (non-removable)