Verizon Samsung Glyde planned for May 9

The month of May sure is shaping up to be an exciting month indeed. To help kick off the summer season, Verizon is apparently planning to launch the much-anticipated Samsung Glyde on May 9, following on HTC’s expected handset announcement on May 6.

As you’ll probably recall, the Samsung U940 Glyde is the US variant of the Samsung F700 Croix with that full-body, pressure sensitive touchscreen and sliding QWERTY keyboard. Ever since it passed through the FCC, we’ve been waiting to get a crack at the Samsung Glyde. The full-HTML browser should make quick work of browsing the web with the Samsung Glyde’s 3G radio. Of course, the pseudo-haptic feedback that I have lamented time and time again will also make its way to the Samsung Glyde U940. It’s useless to have the entire device vibrate upon a touchscreen input, whereas having a localized vibration in the area of touchscreen input would provide far more tactile feedback. Still, some feedback is better than no feedback - especially if it’s done in an intuitive and gradated method.

Word has it that the Samsung U940 Glyde will launch on May 9 with a $200 price tag on 2-year contract. A one-year contract gets you the Glyde for a still-manageable $370, while the outright purchase price will hit $420.

[Via: Engadget Mobile]