HP Veer – “Never before has a smartphone done so much, and felt so little.”

The HP Veer, or the Pixi replacement is the smallest of the three devices announced. It sports a touchscreen, an 800MHz processor, 8GB storage, and all the wireless connections you will ever need. The phone’s small profile packed with features should appeal to lots of consumers looking for a feature-rich phone with a small footprint. The Veer will be available in early Spring this year.

Veer Specifications

• HSPA+
• 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 8GB Storage
• Memory – same as Pre 2
• Snapdragon 7230/800MHz
• Accelerometer, proximity and light sensors

HP Pre 3 – “Finally a phone you can use for business that you don’t want to leave at work.”

Like it’s predecessor the Pre, the new HP Pre 3 has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a large screen, and plenty of horsepower. The new phone is powered by a 1.4GHz chip, 8GB-16GB of storage, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HSPA+/EVDO, and plenty of sensors to make games and apps fun again. The Pre 3 will be available this summer.

Pre 3 Specifications

• HSPA+ and EVDO Rev. A World Phone
• 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 8GB or 16GB storage
• Memory – same as Pre 2
• Accelerometer, proximity and light sensors, compass
• Snapdragon 8×55 1.4GHz processor

HP TouchPad – The iPad Killer?

Okay, enough with the phones, the real announcement coming out of  HP’s event is HP’s foray into the growing tablet market. The new TouchPad is HP’s response to the iPad and the slew of Android-running tables on the market. It uses a tablet version of WebOS and sports a ton of really cool software and hardware features. The table runs of a dual core 1.2GHz processor, 16-32GB of storage, an iPad-sized 9.7-inch multi-touch display and sports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Gyroscope, compass, an Accelerometer, a front-facing 1.3 MP camera, and more. All packed into a 9.45 by 7.4-inch case weighing in at 1.6 pounds. The Wi-Fi version of the device will launch this summer along with a couple of accessories to compliment the TouchPad. The 3G/4G flavor will follow later this year.

TouchPad Features

• Dual Core processor
• True multitasking
• Touchstone charging
• Touch-to-share
• Synergy-based communications
• “Instant-on” productivity

TouchPad Specifications

• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 16GB or 32GB storage
• Twice the memory of Pre 2
• Gyro, accelerometer, compass
• Dual Core 1.2Ghz processor
• 1.6 pounds
• 13.7mm thick
• 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 display
• 9.45 X 7.48 inches
• Video calling
• Beats Audio technology
• Stereo speakers

HP is also bringing webOS to other HP devices. We may soon see webOS powering more printers and future HP computers, what happened to Windows?

HP webOS Printers

HP Computers running webOS.

Images Via Engadget, Product Information via HP Website.

Note: I used Windows Vista Home Edition on an Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Media Center M8430F. As I previously stated the addendum was included with an HP Pavilion that was 1 year newer than the one I own and the process worked just fine, just make sure that your HP uses the Realtek Audio card.

1. With your computer turned on, right-click on the Sound icon located in the notification area on the bottom right corner of the screen. Click on Playback Devices from the menu.

Note: The icon looks like a small speaker on its side

2. The Sound window will open. Under the Playback tab, right-click on the Realtek HDMI Output. Click on Enable from the drop-down menu.

3. Once enabled the TV icon should have a Checkmark indicating that it is enabled. Click on Realtek HDMI Output again and click on the Properties button.

4. The Properties window will open. Click on the Supported Formats tab and add a check to the 48.0 KHz checkbox. Make sure that it is the only sample rate selected. Click OK to close the window.

Verify that sound is now being output by the HDMI connection on your computer by playing a movie or music. Enjoy.

Troubleshooting HDMI Connections on Your HP Computer

(Added 12/19/09)

I’ve received quite a bit of feedback from readers that they are having trouble with their HDMI connections, particularly with the RealTek Device and driver. After some digging I discovered a torubleshooting page published by HP in their support section, I’ve placed the link below so that users having difficulties can try out some of the solutions. In the near future I’ll publish a How-to Guides for the Rest of Us format for these troubleshooting tips to help those who would like the additional details found with my guides.

Please let me know if you find any resources so that I can publish them here. Thanks to all of you for your feedback and I look forward to helping you with these issues.

Link to HP Website for HDMI Torubleshooting – HDMI Troubleshooting