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Samsung Glyde Cell Phone



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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.

In-Depth Review

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

Alex C
Saturday, July 19, 2008I heard rumors of a firmware update coming out next month? Noah or anyone else, have you heard the same thing?

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A great fun filled toy :)

Overall Rating:
4.8 out of 5
By: ben fulghum on Friday, August 15, 2008
From: Asheville, NC (United States)
Experience: 30 Days
Pros: not your normal verizon UI!!! the form factor of the phone. lightweight and not a big as you might think.. cool looks with the touchscreen. a high tech phone for anyones budget :)

Cons: Again not as big as you might think.. so this makes the touchscreen hard to use sometimes :/
Verizon crippled this phone with all of its restrictions. such as the bluetooth transfers and etc.
Gets to happy sometimes and will get ahead of itself
keyboard takes some time getting used to

Summary: This is by far one of the best phones i have ever owned. the only phone that can come close is the alias.. but the alias has nothing on this phone when you compare the features:The screen is bright and crisp. The keyboard is more roomy than you might think. The screen (has some quirks but not as bad as the voyager) is not iphonish but this isnt an iphone. This phone has a great screen for viewing txt, pix, and vids since you can use the whole screen unlike with your regular phones :)The web browser has great speed but the screen just doesnt let you fully take in all of that speed.

It's a great alternative to the voyager... after the firmware update you can get youtube videos as well :)

It doesn't offer mobile tv but with youtube you will not have time for mobile tv.

I love my glyde and you will too :)

Is it worth it?

Overall Rating:
3.5 out of 5
By: scott randolph on Sunday, July 06, 2008
From: keego harbor, MI (United States)
Experience: 3 Days
Pros: Touch screen,qwerty keyboard

Cons: Bad battery life, somtimes the touch screen can be a little odd

Summary: It is a cool phone...so if u r buying a phone to look cool or show it off this is for u,but...it scratches easily and I feel like it is so nice im always afraid of breaking it. So im thinking about taking it back.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Good phone

Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
By: Don Cannon on Sunday, June 01, 2008
From: Fort. Wayne, IN (United States)
Experience: 10 Days
Pros: touch screen, qwerty keyboard, html browser, vcast

Cons: touch screen unresponsive (rarely)

Summary: If you were like me trying to figure out if you should get the Glyde or the Voyager take my advice and get the Glyde. The glyde basically took the voyager and fixed all of its problems. The Glyde is also pocket-friendly, unlike the voyager. If your a heavy texter the keypad is great for fast messages.

8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Awsome

Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
By: Robbie Nelson on Saturday, May 31, 2008
From: sdfgsdfhg, DC (United States)
Experience: 30 Days
Pros: QWERTY keyboard and touch screen. Lightweight and easy to use.

Cons: Not much.

Summary: The LG Vu is a really cool fone with a QWERTY keyboard and a touch screen. Its Awsome.

2 out of 5 people found this review helpful

Sent it Back!

Overall Rating:
2.7 out of 5
By: Derek Davis on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
From: Letcher, SD (United States)
Experience: 20 Days
Pros: Small, compact device. It has a nice shortcut menu on it. The camera is clear and with the flash makes it even better. Very easy to use.

Cons: The screen is not nearly big enough. It is very hard to click links on webpages. Sometimes I would be trying to touch a button and finally after a minute it would work. Sometimes I would touch an item at the top of the screen and it would select an item at the bottom of the screen. It is very difficult to touch items around the edges of the screen. If you take a picture with your camera and try to set it as a background it cuts out most of the picture. The service on this phone seems to be

Summary: Overall this is not a bad phone, but it has some major issues with the touch screen. If you live out in the middle of nowhere where there is poor reception I would not recommend this phone. The flash on the camera is a plus. Needless to say I sent the phone back and bought the Voyager! I'd recommend that if your willing to spend this much for a phone, spend an extra $100 and get the Voyager, you will be a lot more satisfied.

7 out of 17 people found this review helpful
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