Samsung Glyde cell phone review - At a Glance (by Noah Kravitz)

Samsung Glyde Review - At a Glance

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At a Glance

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

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Comments

Chris Scott

Tuesday, May 13, 2008With there being no controls for selecting on the qwerty key pad, how does that work? do you have to touch the whole time?

Jae Freedland

Tuesday, May 13, 2008Can the phone synch calendar and contacts with a cable connection to a PC?

Austin Stumpp

Saturday, May 10, 2008Do you have the option to text on the touch screen, like you do on the Voyager?

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