Verizon Wireless is going to announce Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 today,including a QWERTY keyboard, touch screen, EV-DO, GPS, a 2 megapixel camera with LED flash, MicroSD expansion, and a full browser;it does not however support VCAST TV.

There’s a 2 megapixel camera with digital zoom, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, large 240×440 pixels screen, microSD memory card slot. Supported services include V CAST Music and Video, as well as VZ Navigator. Finally for the pricing, the Glyde costs $249 after a $50 rebate and with a two-year contract.

Smartphone blog TamsPPC say they received an email from Palm regarding developer submissions for two devices codenamed Zeppelin and Skywriter.Skywriter could be a Palm 500-style device with Windows Mobile 6.1, and they posted possible mockup of what appears to be a dev unit. There were no facts provided about the Zeppelin, but TamsPPC included a copy of the email they received and think the phones will hit the market in Q3 2008.Stay tuned for more information.

Samsung  announced the launch of Samsung i200, slim and compact smartphone.Supporting the Windows Mobile 6.1, Samsung i200 provides functional and practical features in business. Users can operate MS Office programs such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Outlook promptly.The slim bar-type form factor with mere 11.8 mm thinness offers compact and stylish design, which is hardly witnessed in most of smartphones. A large enough 2.3” QVGA TFT screen with glossy coating makes users to fully enjoy multimedia contents and complicated business information.

Furthermore, i200 gears up business efficiency through HSDPA 3.6 Mbps data communications. In addition to that, it’s unique ‘light sensor’ can help users minimize the power consumption to adjust lightness of LCD and keypad automatically. Multimedia features such as a 2-megapixel camera and music player enhance users’ entertainment experience.Samsung i200 will be launched in the European market in June and will enter other market within a month.

This morning in London, HTC unveiled the Touch Diamond, a new Windows Mobile Device that looks great.The thin device has HDPSA/HSUPA, a VGA display with auto-rotation, and a custom YouTube application. It will be available from all major European carriers in June, and most of HTC’s major carrier partners worldwide later in the year. The new TouchFLO 3D user interface includes an extensive interface with special finger-touch versions of major applications. Carriers can have custom themes and applications fully integrated into TouchFLO 3D.

Update: Boy Genius Report is also live blogging the event.

Update: Phone Mag has a HUGE gallery of high quality images taken at the event.

The Samsung SCH-i770 smartphone, a device headed for the U.S. market, has passed through the FCC approval process recently. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, this smartphone appears to feature Bluetooth and WiFi, as well as some other interesting connectivity options.

The SCH-i770 packs dual-band CDMA support (850/1900MHz) in addition to dual-band GSM (850/1900MHz), indicating that this might be the first handset to be able to easily switch between GSM and CDMA networks in the USA. The FCC filing does not give any indication as to a potential carrier, though the SCH designation in the model name suggests the SCH-i770 might be picked up by Verizon.