The phone features touch screen navigation, a 2.0-megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, customizable shortcut menus, and a full HTML browser.
With the QWERTY keyboard slid out, the layout is switched to landscape and a messaging icon is placed in the lower left hand side of the touch screen.
Once you open the slide out keyboard, the screen flips to a landscape mode so that it can be viewed on its side.
The menu also contains a Messaging, Contacts, Recent Calls, Settings & Tools, My Music, Browser, and VZ Navigator tile.
Tapping on the VZ Navigator tile without buying it will bring you to a video showing you the features of Verizon's GPS service.
The camera on the device is 2.0 megapixels, and can be used to take pictures or record up to ten minute videos.
When Samsung introduced the Glyde in May 2008, it was meant to be a high-end phone that could compete with the Apple iPhone 3G and HTC Dream.
In early 2009, the Glyde was still experiencing User Interface issues and Verizon Wireless had released several OTA Software Updates to fix the problems.