A tween Peer gives her thoughts on the Veer 47
As my colleague Tim wrote last week, he and I are both part of a new HP marketing effort called Veer Peers, through which we've been provided with HP Veer smartphones (although without AT&T service; we need to provide our own if we want it) and encouraged to share our experiences, good and bad, with others. In my case, rather than just keeping the Veer to myself, I decided to hand it off to someone who may be part of a major target market for the Veer: my 9-year-old daughter Elisheva. She was very eager to try the Veer, having already claimed one of my old Pre Plus devices (both are WiFi-only right now; she doesn't yet have a cellphone of her own), and it has become her regular companion.
At my request, she first wrote and then made a video with her Veer review. Her thoughts, and her charm, are her own (although the unmowed lawn belongs to our neighbors!). Here's hoping that many other tweens, teens, and older folks (like me) will follow Elisheva's lead and "have a great experience" with the Veer and the other new webOS devices. Video after the break.
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A very enthusiastic and cute spokeswoman for the Veer! Good job, Elisheva!
Funny, cute and more effective than the original creepy lady zen commercials ...
She is just TOO adorable! Good for you, Elisheva: you ROCK! :) HP needs to hire her to do commercials, ASAP!!!
That's awesome. I loved it. Everyone should love this. If you don't love this, you're wrong. I know that might be a 'close minded' and not sensible thing to say, but it's the truth.
Unbelievably adorable and somehow more effective than HP's own Veer ads.
Awwww.... She reminds me of my niece.
As videos go, that was cute.
As for Smartphone advice from a 9-year-old? Uhm...That was cute.
LOL
Not a lot different than some of the advice around here that (in theory) comes from 'adults'... and a lot more cogent in many ways.
Excellent and very simplified
I finally used the veer a lil in store this weekend. It's actually kinda nice. Makes me really consider getting a pre3.
>"Makes me really consider getting a pre3."
LOL, that is just GREAT response, I just love it, honestly! :) I've nearly choked in front of my screen.
Hope HP can read between the lines, too! :)
I will be after Pre 3 myself, heck, I am looking forward to similarly specified webOS phone for at least a year now.
But only if HP can make them selling. Veer will not influence my decision.
Unfortunately, I don't plan to equip my kids with $450 "worth" smartphone. But I am sure some families are "connected" ones - and surely, hundreds of millions of them!
BTW: She is absolutely fantastic, that daughter of yours, Jonathan - congratulations to you, and please give her my deepest respect to her "professionalism in being cute" - honestly :), she's just fantastic. It must be hard for you to be on guard and firm when needed!
Thanks for the video...very informative; never thought about the "mirror" on the back. Always finding something interesting about webos devices.
Awesome video!
Although.. she IS wearing an ICECREAM SANDWICH T-Shirt!!! Jonathan, how could you market the up and coming android release in such a way!? ;)
I didn't even think about that until much later, and trust me, *she* didn't! Blame our local Old Navy and its seeming endless supply of cute t-shirts. {Jonathan}
Nice job Elisheva!
About the cutest thing P|C has ever published. Great job. HP: are you watching?
Too adorable.
I'm thinking 9 is a bit too young for a cell phone, but then again, my oldest is almost 4, so he has another 5 years to wear me down into acquiescence by then. :-)
If this was before i had a child, I might agree. The idea of a cellphone alone for a child seemed too much.
But they're much more than phones now. Already my 5 yr old has her own "phone" though it's an ipod touch. I manage it only having educational apps on it, netflix, and some of her videos. She already uses Facetime a lot to call others. IMessage will let her text.
She's pretty advanced though reading at a 9-10yr old level and can write in cursive. She's already gotten simple addition and subtraction down, and working on multiplication.
I still have a video i took of her when she was 3 naming all 50 states and capitals. She can see a state and name it just like that. Amazing.. And an extrovert too as her biggest problem is being the life of the party too much at school..talking too much, trying to make others laugh. She starts kindergarten in the fall.
It does make things a bit weird. "I want a computer so i can type i like you" instead of a dollhouse.
We actually got our daughter an emergency cell at 9, because she has a long commute. Case-by-case scenario, I think.
Wow. You're old.
really cute and articulate. HP HIRE HER!
Too staged.
YOU ARE HIRED!!
Too rehearsed. Lost all credibility.
It was amazing and it doesn't seem to be rehearsed... She just seem to be a very smart girl and she did first write her review, right before she did her video presentation!
Actually, other than a few false starts (mostly due to wind noise), this was *not* rehearsed. Yes, she is that poised. (And yes, I am a proud father.) {Jonathan}
It doesn't look so tiny in those small hands. And, we keep forgetting about the mirror. She sure didn't.
Proof that evolution is a fluke, because that little cutie could not be the decendant of Jon simply as the result of natural selection: only a miracle can explain how he produced her. :-)
I will not be showing this to my 10 year old, who is on me like a starving great white shark at a New England 4th of July beach party to get her a phone already.
What a great little presenter. She definitely has a future in marketing
Great job!
Now how do we get her testimonial on TV!
Jeez man, give the girl a network connection, embrace the 3G madness with new generation
And are *you* paying for this? :) {Jonathan}
I wonder if HP was aiming young "CHILDREN" like her...
you're thinking of Camel cigarettes.
Nice, Very nice. Good job!
Who cares about the phone. She is a beautiful young woman.
Was that meant to sound creepy? It sure did Stavich.
Cute. Maybe HP should hire both of you for their marketing department.
Put her as a guest on the palmcasts!
They should make a television commercial out of this video. One change I would make is at the end of the video you show a full screen Veer with the tag line of "The new HP Veer, a small phone for little girls".
Really.
Wasn't she on Lord of the Rings?
Painfully cute and well said. I know you're proud. I sure would be.
*looking forward to being a proud Papa*
Enjoy! {Jonathan}
Staged.... not genuine.
Nope. Sorry. Thanks for playing. {Jonathan}
1:34 "I remembered today I played the game 'Angry Birds' again on my Veer". Too cute!
I signed up to precentral.net just to comment on this little starlet.
Too cute. Now I just need to convince my nerd little brother that he wants webOS device, not Android device. Hmm... maybe the ease of programming apps will appeal to him? (Goes away to plot apps for him to make for me...)