Review: HTC Wildfire S

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We've seen our share of micro-smartphones this year. We recently reviewed the Motorola DEFY, the HP-Palm Pre 2 and Sony's Xperia X10 Mini. HTC's Widlfire S joins the ranks of undersized yet over achieving smartphones that make perfect partners to today's various tablets or smartphones for casual users.

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The Champ's Devices: Manny Pacquiao shows off HP's TouchPad and Veer

Ready to take on all naysayers, HP's webOS TouchPad tablet and micro smartphone Veer have Manny Pacquiao, the pound for pound best boxer in the world at their corner. The message is clear, don't underestimate the new webOS  devices because they may just surprise you. We saw the HP TouchPad earlier today at a Future Shop employee training event and were pretty impressed with its performance and speed. It will be interesting to see how it is received in the marketplace. As for Manny, we can't wait to see him get Floyd Mayweather in the ring.

Breaking News: HP retires Palm brand, launches TouchPad tablet, Pre 3 and Veer smartphones

The HP Veer, Pre 3 smartphones and the TouchPad tablet are HP's new trio of WebOS devices Palm is dead, long live HP. Today's Think Big announcement from HP lifted the lid on the TouchPad WebOS tablet, a spanking new Pre 3 smartphone and a funky new smartphone called the HP Veer. Highlights from the event in San Francisco today include:

• Palm is gone as a brand but WebOS remains part of HP
• WebOS is coming to PCs and notebooks, soon
• The HP Veer is a tiny WebOS smartphone - essentially an even smaller version of the Pre 2 with similar features (8GB of memory, 800Mhz Snapdragon processor, mobile hotspot, 5 megapixel camera)- out in Spring.
• The HP Pre 3 is a larger Pre, now with 3.6" inch screen, a larger QWERTY keyboard, dual cameras, a Qualcomm CPU running 1.4GHz, geared towards business users. Out in Summer.
• The HP TouchPad with a 9.7 inch display, 1024 x 768, 1.6 pounds, Beats audio, video calling, 1.3 megapixel webcam, 16GB or 32GB storage, dual core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor. Accessories include keyboards, cases and docks. Like the BlackBerry PlayBook, the HP TouchPad can interface with the WebOS smartphones (possibly for wireless 3G data) but will also work as a standalone Wi-Fi tablet.
• New touch-to-share feature allows you to tap TouchPad and Pre/Veer and send websites, files and other documents wirelessly between the two devices.
• WebOS devices will be able to print to HP printers from the outset.
• HP is putting considerable R&D and money towards WebOS

  Pricing and availability for the Canadian market has not yet been released.