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Samsung Glyde

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The Samsung Glyde U940 is a bar style phone with a full QWERTY keyboard hiding beneath the large 2.78 inch display. Key features include a 2.0 megapixel camera, expandable memory card slot (microSD), 3G speed, touch screen, stereo Bluetooth, GPS and a full media player with video capture.
 



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What’s Good: Touchscreen and Full QWERTY Keyboard in Compact Body; Clean Menus and “Croix” User Interface; 2MP Camera with Autofocus and Flash; GPS with VZ Navigator; Full HTML Browser; Good Sound Quality

What’s Not Good: Touchscreen Can Be Difficult to Use, Especially Around Edges and Using Web Browser; Slightly Thick Profile; No D-Pad

Bottom Line: Samsung shrunk the F700 down to a cool, compact size in making the Glyde.  The slide-out QWERTY board is handy and surprisingly comfortable given its small size, and the finger-friendly touchscreen is generally quite good (with a few consistently frustrating quirks).  Glyde brings much of Voyager’s flash to a smaller, simpler device, and is a fun new option in Verizon’s messaging phone lineup.

Specs:
Make/Model: Samsung Glyde (SCH-u940)
Network: CDMA 800/1900
Data: 1xRTT/1xEVDO rev.0
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
Size: 103.8 x 50 x 17.8 mm
Weight: 117 g
Form Factor: Candybar with Slide-Out Keyboard
Display: 2.8” Color LCD Touchscreen, 240 x 440 resolution, 262,000 Colors
Memory:  40 MB built-in, microSD card slot (up to 8GB officially supported)
Notable Features: Touch screen and side-sliding QWERTY board; 2MP Camera with Autofocus and Flash; Audio/Video Player with stereo speakers and VCAST streaming media support; GPS with new build of VZ Navigator Service

Samsung Glyde

Samsung Glyde Verizon (SCH-U940) - Review Pt 2

Samsung Glyde Verizon (SCH-U940) - Review Pt 2
Hands-on and in depth with the new Samsung Glyde for Verizon. In this part: VCAST, Camera, GPS/VZ Navigator, and Web Browsing.

Samsung Glyde (Verizon) unboxing and hands-on

Samsung Glyde (Verizon) unboxing and hands-on
Unboxing and quick overview of this cool little VCAST messaging phone. Touchscreen and QWERTY. And it's so small!

Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 Verizon full video review Pt 1

Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 Verizon full video review Pt 1
Hands-on and in depth with the new Samsung Glyde for Verizon. Touch screen, QWERTY, VCAST ... it's a crazy new phone. Part one looks at the menu system, touchscreen, QWERTY, and messaging. Look for Part 2 of the review where I will review the Web, VCAST, VZ Navigator, and more!

Glyde: Verizon announces Samsung Glyde VCAST messaging phone

Glyde: Verizon announces Samsung Glyde VCAST messaging phone
One whole day earlier than I expected, Verizon Wireless dropped the Samsung Glyde upon us.  This touchscreen and QWERTY-board handset packs a boatload of features into a relatively small Blue body that's a slightly shrunken down take on Sammy's F700 Ultra Smart.  Glyde gives you a 2.8" touchscreen with haptic feedback, side-sliding QWERTY, 2MP camera with auto-focus, flash, and video capture, GPS with VZ Navigator (location based services), and full HTML browser.  Wait,...

Glyde: VZW launch Samsung U940 "Glyde" on May 9 for $299

Glyde: VZW launch Samsung U940 Glyde on May 9 for $299
I know, you're already in line to buy an enV2 at your local VZW store, and just killing time reading my blog until it's your turn at the register.  I'm not saying you shouldn't pull the trigger on that purchase, but I am saying if you're on the fence between LG's new messaging handset and something a little more powerful, you might want to hold off another week or so. A few outlets are reporting that VZW is all set to launch the Samsung Glyde U940 in May, and Engadget Mobile's going so...

When? When?: Photos of the Samsung/VZW Glyde in the wild

When? When?: Photos of the Samsung/VZW Glyde in the wild
We were hoping for Verizon's take on the Samsung F700 - the "Glyde" - to surface at CTIA a few weeks ago.  No such luck.  But the QWERTY-packing smartphone does exist and is on tap for a VZW release sometime before too, too long, as evidenced by the latest set of spy shots to surface over on Engadget Mobile. Looks like Glyde is still an F700 with a watered down camera and custom VZW menus in place of Samsung's Croix UI (at least they kept the camera flash, right?).  I got a...

CTIA preview: VZW Samsung Glyde outed in pictures

CTIA preview: VZW Samsung Glyde outed in pictures
We've been following the progress of Samsung's F700 superphone ever since a production dummy hit Sammy's booth back at CES '07 more than one year ago.  The GSM F700 has been available overseas in unlocked and Vodafone-branded variants for awhile now, but has not yet made it to the States.  That all may well change sometime around March 28th, just in time for CTIA Wireless in Vegas the following week. Engadget Mobile's got some new pics of the Verizon Wireless "Glyde", aka the...

Glyde: Samsung U940 (F700) headed to VZW in March?

Glyde: Samsung U940 (F700) headed to VZW in March?
Here's a little update on everyone's favorite superphone that was previewed a year ago, released in Europe last Fall, and still "rumored to be coming to an American carrier" soon.  The Samsung U940 - a CDMA variant of the F700 - is now said to be headed to Verizon Wireless as soon as March 25 under the name "Glyde."  Before you laugh too hard at the moniker, bear in mind that it's better than "Q-Ball," which was the name initially being bandied about the blogsphere.  Isn't it?...

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