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Noah Kravitz
Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2008
by Noah Kravitz, Senior Editor, Consumer Products and Services
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Introduction

 
Ever since Samsung debuted the “Ultra Smart” F700 more than one year ago, phone geeks in the US have been waiting for a US carrier to pick it up.  The F700’s combination of a full touch screen, Samsung’s “Croix” user interface, and a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard gave it instant “Super Phone” status in the tech world.  Though it’s been a long wait, Verizon and Samsung have brought the F700 to the States at long last in the U940 “Glyde,”  But there’s a twist: Samsung literally shrunk the F700 down in making the Glyde, turning it into a fashion-forward, high-tech device.

Did the shrink-job work?  Yes, I think it did.  Glyde is a fun, feature packed phone with a good touchscreen, very usable QWERTY board, and loads of features.  Verizon kept the basis of Samsung’s Croix UI intact and Glyde wound up with a clear, easy-to-use menu system built for its touch display.  Glyde has its faults, and at 17.8mm from front to back it’s a bit on the thick side, but all in all it offers a nice alternative to the Samsung Alias and LG’s Voyager and enV2 for Verizon subscribers wanting a messaging phone.

Noah Kravitz showing off the new Samsung Glyde

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Aaron Jarvis
Saturday, June 21, 2008Which is better Glyde or Env2?
matt k
Thursday, June 19, 2008I'm not sure which phone is better...the glyde or the voyager?
ryan42094
Tuesday, June 17, 2008what is better glyde or alias
CJ W
Monday, June 16, 2008The glyde is definetly better than the voyager. I mean what is the point of the voyager, the otherr screen and the other keyboard takes out the joy of the touch screen. What is the point of the touch screen with the like whole other phone, it doent make any sense
l jjj
Friday, June 13, 2008the speakers on my glyde are horrib;e when the ringtone is on high
daniel choi
Friday, June 13, 2008how do you play games on it?
elvis urena
Wednesday, June 11, 2008hey just wondering is the navigation on the instinct like live search or will it pin point exatcly where you stand and follow your every turns like a vehicles GPS system??
luke hrushanyk
Monday, June 09, 2008I really like the the glyde but i was wonderig if it came in other colors but blue.
luke hrushanyk
Monday, June 09, 2008I really like the the glyde but i was wonderig if it came in other colors but blue.
go joe
Sunday, June 08, 2008I've seen your reviews for this phone as well as a few others. Many of the other reviews I have seen have said that the phone does not get a strong signal a lot of the time, I was wondering if you had this same problem?
Brianna Denney
Saturday, May 31, 2008I love this phone. I saw this websit on youtube, and i wanted to no more about the phone,like a san disk 1.0gb micro(same as voyager lg?) please e-mail me at Brianna.Denney@gmail.com thank you.
Kasey C
Thursday, May 29, 2008Do you think a software upgrade down the line will be possible to fix the glitches in the touchscreen?
mdina 10
Wednesday, May 28, 2008glyde is better than voyager
dub dub gggggg
Tuesday, May 27, 2008yes you can text on the touch screen exactly like the voyager
yo momma
Tuesday, May 27, 2008for a phone whose main feature is its touch screen , it sure has been getting alot of complaints about it. i was gonne get it but got turned off by the touch screen
jordan miller
Monday, May 26, 2008um yes does anyone know if the web browser is free and comes with the phone or do you have to pay and add it?
K Deh
Monday, May 26, 2008The browser is usually free for 1 month with Verizon, when you renew your contract or you get a contract. After the month you have to pay $45
bob sanchez
Sunday, May 25, 2008can the samsung glyde be activated prepaid!
Cat Cheshire
Saturday, May 17, 2008does anyone know if on this phone if someone sends u a text with sound if you can save the sounds as ringtones or not i still have my lg the v phone and it saves stuff as sounds only how crappy :| so i wanted to know if this phone did the same or actually saved as ringtones
ben izzo
Wednesday, May 14, 2008umm yea i have a verizon phone and am looking to upgrade and im not sure how much the upgrade price would be could anyone help?

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