No need to decide between a touchscreen or keyboard with the Samsung Brightside on the Verizon Wireless network. Verizon Wireless and Samsung will offer the Samsung Brightside starting March 1 in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com.

The Brightside features a 3.1-inch touchscreen display and full QWERTY slide-out keyboard, allowing users to easily stay connected.

The document viewer feature can be used to open Microsoft Office documents saved on the microSD card and review the group?s work, all on the Samsung Brightside.

Additional features:

- One-touch access to contact list, messaging options (text, picture and email), camera function and Social Networks application, including Facebook and Twitter, allowing users to update their status and upload photos instantly
- Full suite of messaging options, including text, picture and voice messaging and mobile email
- 3.2-megapixel camera with timer, brightness control and shooting modes (single, continuous, panorama, mosaic and frame); scene modes (landscape, sports, party, beach, sunset, dawn, fall, night, backlight, fire and candlelight)
- Document viewer feature ? view documents in the following formats:

- Microsoft Office formats, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Adobe PDF,
- ASCII documents
- HTML documents
- Images: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG

The Samsung Brightside will be available March 1 in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.