The new Kyocera 7135 will be available in the United States from Alltel Wireless beginning tomorrow, December 20. Consumers can visit any Alltel retailer or Kyocera's online store to purchase a 7135 and Alltel service plan. The phone will retail for $499.
The Palm OS-based Kyocera 7135 features CDMA2000 1X technology that enables peak data speeds of 153 Kbps. Kyocera says it is the only converged device on the market to offer a 65,000-color display, Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology, an expansion card slot compatible with both MultiMediaCard (MMC) and SD card standards, and an onboard MP3 player.
The 6.6-ounce phone also incorporates a speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, silent vibrating alert, two-way SMS text messaging, e-mail, and three modes of Web access (HTML, Web Clipping and WAP). It runs the Palm OS v4.1 and includes 16MB of memory.
The tri-mode Kyocera 7135 operates on CDMA PCS (1900 MHz), CDMA cellular (800 MHz) and analog cellular networks. A standard lithium ion battery provides up to 3.5 hours of talk time and up to 160 hours of standby time in digital mode.
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