Kyocera 6035

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The Kyocera 6035 was one of the (if not the) first smartphones to appear in the American market.

Originally built by Qualcomm and sold as the PDQ 800 (and 1900), then later as the QCP 6035, it was one of the first phones to combine a PDA with a mobile phone. The product rights were eventually sold to Kyocera, and strongly marketed in cellular phone stores.

The phone seems to have a dual-software nature, with the cellphone firmware operating independently (though available through an interface) from the Palm OS system. The phone operation can be off while the Palm operates, and vice versa. The systems are sufficiently integrated to pass a few important messages and commands to each other, though the phone's operating parameters (settings, phone book, speed and voice dial, call history etc.) are configured via the Palm OS system.

The phone has physical buttons for cellphone use, arranged on a flip which covers the Palm buttons, Graffiti area, and part of the screen. The upper part of the screen shows the phone system display when the flip is closed; when the flip is open the screen switches to Palm operation. With the flip closed, phone operations are performed via the flip buttons and a side thumbwheel.

The Palm OS system benefits from the integrated cell phone by utilizing it as an attached modem. This allows the Palm to take advantage of any IP-based Palm applications, such as email clients and web browsers. The phone can also be used as an external modem for a computer via the HotSync cradle.

The phone can receive SMS messages, but earlier firmware revisions did not come with a mechanism to send them. It is WAP capable, but not MMS capable.

The 6035 comes with 8 MB of Palm memory and is not expandable. It can perform HotSync and IR communication just as a normal Palm.

Different versions of the phone were made available for different wireless networks, including GSM and CDMA.

The successor to the 6035 was the Kyocera 7135.