<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
Captivate	I-Application
Glide	I-Application
(	O
SGH-i927	B-Application
)	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
called	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
as	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S	I-Application
Glide	I-Application
(	O
SGH-i927R	B-Application
)	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
physical	O
QWERTY	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S	I-Application
class	O
smartphone	B-Application
running	O
under	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
be	O
released	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
for	O
AT&T	O
(	O
US	O
)	O
and	O
Rogers	O
Wireless	O
(	O
Canada	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
named	O
for	O
the	O
Captivate	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S	I-Application
line	O
,	O
the	O
Glide	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S	I-Application
II	I-Application
series	O
of	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
,	O
however	O
feature	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
differences	O
from	O
the	O
flagship	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
including	O
a	O
slightly	O
smaller	O
Super	O
AMOLED	O
screen	O
featuring	O
a	O
PenTile	O
matrix	O
like	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S	I-Application
.	O
It	O
also	O
features	O
an	O
Nvidia	O
Tegra	O
2	O
running	O
at	O
1GHz	O
,	O
and	O
8GB	O
of	O
internal	O
storage	O
rather	O
than	O
16GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
SGH-i927	B-Application
has	O
only	O
been	O
officially	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
is	O
not	O
selling	O
through	O
any	O
Samsung	B-Application
authorized	O
retail	O
channels	O
outside	O
the	O
US	O
or	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
shipped	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
2.3.5	I-Application
(	O
Gingerbread	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
AT&T	O
released	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
(	O
Ice	O
Cream	O
Sandwich	O
)	O
update	O
via	O
Samsung	B-Application
Kies	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	B-Application
put	O
the	O
update	O
on	O
hold	O
while	O
they	O
worked	O
to	O
optimize	O
the	O
update	O
and	O
fix	O
the	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xda-developers	B-Application
managed	O
to	O
gain	O
root	B-Application
access	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
on	O
5	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
posted	O
a	O
how	O
to	O
guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
stable	O
custom	O
ROMs	O
available	O
that	O
can	O
upgrade	O
the	O
phone	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
4.4.4	O
KitKat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
restrictions	O
can	O
be	O
overcome	O
by	O
manually	O
entering	O
service	O
commands	O
or	O
rooting	B-Application
the	O
device	O
and	O
flashing	O
with	O
ROMs	O
that	O
are	O
free	O
of	O
these	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AT&T	O
variant	O
was	O
originally	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
Carrier	B-Application
IQ	I-Application
monitoring	O
software	O
,	O
however	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
OS	I-Application
upgrade	O
to	O
2.3.6	O
Gingerbread	B-Application
(	O
I927UCKL1	O
)	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
have	O
removed	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
appears	O
that	O
the	O
ICS	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
4.x	O
)	O
update	O
is	O
not	O
yet	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
SGH-i927R	B-Application
model	O
which	O
possess	O
a	O
different	O
Firmware	O
version	O
to	O
the	O
AT&T	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Canadian	O
version	O
from	O
Rogers	O
,	O
SGH-i927R	B-Application
,	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
free	O
of	O
Carrier	B-Application
IQ	I-Application
.	O
</s>
