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Kyocera Wireless today announced the Kyocera 7135 smartphone, the successor to its QCP 6035 smartphone.

The company said the Kyocera 7135 features a small, lightweight clamshell design and CDMA2000 1X technology that enables data speeds of up to 153 kbps. The Kyocera 7135 also offers a screen with 65,000 colors compared to only 4,000 on Handspring's new Treo 270, Assisted GPS technology, and an expansion card slot compatible with both MultiMediaCard (MMC) and SD(TM) card standards. An onboard MP3 player, not available on the Treo, lets users download and listen to songs in CD-quality stereo sound, while a separate external display allows for caller-ID while the phone is "closed."

The Kyocera 7135 also incorporates a speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, silent vibrating alert, two-way SMS text messaging, Eudora email, and three modes of Web access (HTML, Web Clipping and WAP). Kyocera said the numeric keypad allows easy, one-touch access to contact and calendar data as well as messages or the Web. It runs on Palm OS v4.1 and 16MB of on-board memory.

The Kyocera 7135 also features the familiar Palm applications launcher, with Smart Keys for the Address Book, Date Book, Messages, and Web browser. A Tap-n-Dial feature allows automatic dialing of contacts directly from the Address Book. HotSync technology lets users synchronize information between the smartphone and a personal computer via a USB or serial connection. The smartphone also has an infrared (IR) data port at the top of the phone, for id beaming of information to other IR-enabled devices.

The Kyocera 7135 is a trimode Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless phone, operating on CDMA PCS (1900 MHz), CDMA cellular (800 MHz) and analog cellular networks. The company said the device measures approximately 3.97 in. x 2.43 in. x 1.17 in. (100.8 mm. x 61.6 mm. 29.7 mm.) and weighs approximately 6.6 ounces (186 grams). A user-replaceable standard lithium (Li-Ion) ion battery provides up to 3.5 hours of talk time and up to 160 hours of standby time in digital mode. Commercial availability of the Kyocera 7135 smartphone is expected in the fourth quarter of 2002, as North American carriers complete their rollouts of CDMA2000 1X networks.