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New better shots of the highly anticipated Samsung Glyde have been leaked by a Howard Forums user.

Now we can take a closer look at the phone's unique user interface and some of its applications. Apparently, Glyde will feature a full HTML browser, which makes it a possible competitor to the iPhone.

Anyway, the first quarter is closing to an end, but Verizon doesn't rush to announce the release date.

Samsung has declared the famous Lebanese singer Elissa as its brand ambassador of the new 2008 music phone lineup.

The first handset in this category is the Impulz i450, a music-centric phone packed with Elissa's three hit singles, including Ayami Bik, Bastanak and Moush Kiteer Aaleik.

The phone has a dual-slider design, and offers great sound quality, intuitive controls, dedicated music interface, and other cool features.

Samsung announced that their P960 DVB-H enabled HSDPA-capable phone will be available in Taiwan later this year, most likely in the third quarter.

Four of the five Taiwanese carriers offer TV broadcasting services, so this market is a natural choice for Samsung to release the handset.

Samsung and LG compete for a bigger share in the Korean touch-screen phone market. Both giants have recently launched two new handsets, SCH-W420 and KF-700 full touch-screen models.

The first one SCH-W420 comes with a 3.2" touch-sensitive display, supports DMB-TV and has a 2Mpix camera, while the other has a 3" touchscreen with an enhanced user-friendly UI and haptic feedback.

Samsung and Adidas came up with the first true sports music phone - the miCoach. This is the perfect handset for those willing to work out and enjoy music and other multimedia functions at the same time.

Equipped with a stride sensor and heart rate monitor, the miCoach phone provides a comprehensive on-the-go personal training system.

Following its new trend to replace model numbers with words, Verizon has renamed the Samsung U740 into "Alias".

No explanation was given for the name change.

Just to remind you, the SCH-U740 aka Alias is a thin clamshell phone with a 1.

The Samsung Anycall L258 is a new candy-bar phone with a stylish metallic-silver and black exterior launched today in Hong Kong at a price of HK$2,180. Here's a full set of its features:

• Dimensions/weight: 113 (L) x 50 (W) x 14.5 (D) mm; 97g;
  
• Tri-Band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz)/EDGE/GPRS Class 10;
  
• 2.3” 262K TFT Touch Screen display (240 x 320 pixels);
• Handwriting recognition;
• 2Mpix camera;
• 5.

Fido started offering two mid-range handsets - Nokia 6555 and Samsung SGH-E747.

The first one is a clamshell phone with a 1.3Mpix camera, QVGA display, stereo Bluetooth, microSD slot (1GB microSD card included), and a 1020 mAh battery, while the other is a slider equipped with a 2Mpix camera and a 880 mAh battery.

Samsung launched its new G400, a dual-screen 3.5G-capable clamshell phone.

It supports tri-band GSM and HSDPA (2100, 7.2 Mbps) networks, has a 2.22" touch-screen display, and integrates a 5Mpix camera.

The G400 will be available in Europe starting this June.

We have several new live pictures of the Softbank 920SC phone, manufactured by Samsung.

It features a 5Mpix AF camera with Xenon flash and is unlocked for use outside of Japan.

The handset is currently available in Hong Kong for about $440.