For those who have been waiting patiently for the Samsung Glyde, patience is no longer required! Verizon Wireless has announced that it will be available through its website and store locations on May 9th, and it really shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, as some people have been able to call and order the Glyde from May 1st.

Much like the Voyager, the Glyde will require users to have a Nationwide Calling Plan, mainly for the HTML browser, as it isn’t available for purchase or activation on America’s Choice plans. It will be priced at $249 on a 2 year contract, after a $50 rebate.

Specs include:

• 2.8" capacitive sensitive WQVGA display
• Sliding QWERTY keypad
• HTML browser
• 2.0 megapixel camera with flash
• Bluetooth
• MP3 playback and stereo speakers
• Supports microSDHC cards up to 8GB

Samsung has just announced the availability of its SGH-i200 smartphone. This phone was originally announced at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona earlier this year.

The SGH-i200 is a black colored smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, which also features full Microsoft Office support. It’s a tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), and WCDMA (2100MHz) phone, featuring a 2.3” QVGA screen.

Other features include a 2 mega pixel camera, video recording, as well as Bluetooth 2.0, and supports microSD cards for additional storage.

The Samsung SGH-i200 should be available throughout Europe by June 2008, with other regions to follow.

AT&T has launched two new phones to compliment its streaming Mobile TV service, namely the Samsung Access and LG Vu.

The Samsung Access has a 2.3 inch screen with a resolution of 320x240, meaning its display is landscape oriented. Other features include a 1.3 mega pixel camera with digital zoom, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD card slot, and a dedicated key for accessing the Mobile TV feature. The Access is available at $199 with a 2 year contract.

The LG Vu sports a 240x400 pixel, 3 inch touch screen. It’s a quad band phone, with a 2 mega pixel auto focus camera, Bluetooth v1.2, and supports microSD cards for storage expansion. The LG Vu is available on AT&T’s site for $299 with a 2 year contract.

The FCC has approved the Samsung SCH-430, which is most likely the successor to the Samsung SCH-410. There is almost no information about its actual specifications, but users shouldn’t expect too much for a phone that will most likely come free with a 2 year contract.

Rumors were surfacing on the internet that Verizon was preparing a worldband version of Samsung’s i760 Windows Mobile phone. Seeing a SCH-i770 going through the FCC suddenly makes it seem less of a rumor, and more like leaked news. Fanning the flames is the new phone’s resemblance to the previous i760

Confirmed features, from the FCC’s test reports, will be EV-DO, WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as GSM. Though there is no official announcement, sources seem to indicate that Verizon wont wait much longer, as the i760 design isn’t exactly new.

Samsung's D780/D880 is a dual SIM handset that falls under the mid-range market, leaving 3G connection out of the picture as you plod along to EDGE networks. Features consist of a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, a microSD memory card slot and a couple of clocks (presumably if you're a constant globe trotter who needs to know what time it is back home). While both SIMs can function simultaneously, you still can't hold two conversations at once. At least it saves you the hassle of carrying around two phones...

Samsung has a brand new battery concept for handsets, and it is environmentally friendly since it is powered by water. Special metals within will react with water, producing hydrogen gas which is subsequently passed to a fuel cell, where oxygen from the air will react with hydrogen to produce electricity. I wonder how much juice can be generated through water, but Samsung claims that this new battery can last up to twice as long as current battery technologies used in cell phones of today. This technology is said to be available sometime in 2010, whereby the hydrogen cartridge will be done with by then. Are you looking forward to such technology?

Samsung announced its SCH-W599 cell phone that supports both CDMA and GSM carrier networks as well as boasting dual GSM SIM card use simultaneously. Some of the SCH-W599's features include :-

• 2.4? QVGA 260k colors touchscreen with handwriting recognition
• 2 megapixel camera
• 72 tones polyphonic melodies
• MP3 and streaming media playback
• FM radio with up to 20 channels
• Bluetooth support
• 34MB of memory
• microSD memory card slot

If you're in the mood for a cheap prepaid handset, surely the Samsung B300 ought to fit your budget. After all, it comes with old technology such as a 65k color CSTN display, internal and external displays and a relatively small form factor of 87mm x 45mm x 18.6mm. Samsung has already announced that this will be skewed towards the prepaid user market, so chances are it will cost a whole lot less than a Benjamin if you ever wish to pick one up for your own use. There is no word on when this dual-band clamshell handset will be released though.

Fancy taking a look at the Samsung B510? It somewhat resembles the Samsung M620, save for a more flat disposition and sharper corners. It is clearly the lesser endowed handset compared to the M510, and looks set to fall under the budget segment. No idea on when it will hit the streets though.

• 65k color CSTN display
• Bluetooth A2DP connectivity
• Integrated music player
• Built-in FM tuner

Somebody from Samsung must have gone through the pains of capturing this spy shot of the M620 slider handset. The following are some revealed hardware specifications, with no word on price or availability yet.

• 262k color LCD display
• VGA camera (bah!)
• Bluetooth A2DP connectivity
• Integrated music player
• Built-in FM tuner