Kyocera 6035, with flip closed and open

The Kyocera 6035 was one of the first smartphones to appear in the American market. Download high resolution version (528x719, 40 KB)Two shots of a Kyocera 6035, for the Sprint PCS network, with flip closed and open Credit: User:KeithTyler Camera: Nikon CoolPix 775 Date: 21:16, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC) Location: Factoria, Washington File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del... Download high resolution version (528x719, 40 KB)Two shots of a Kyocera 6035, for the Sprint PCS network, with flip closed and open Credit: User:KeithTyler Camera: Nikon CoolPix 775 Date: 21:16, Oct 15, 2004 (UTC) Location: Factoria, Washington File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del... Kyocera Corporation ) (TYO: 6971 , NYSE: KYO) is a Japanese company based in Kyoto, Japan. ... A Sony Ericsson Smartphone (Model P910i with Opera web browser) Look up smartphone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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. QUALCOMM sold its CDMA handset division to Kyocera, forming the new Kyocera Wireless Corporation which strongly marketed the device in cellular phone stores. Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a wireless telecommunications research and development company based in San Diego, California. ... Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are handheld computers that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. ... Kyocera Corporation ) (TYO: 6971 , NYSE: KYO) is a Japanese company based in Kyoto, Japan. ...

The phone appears to have a dual-software nature, with the cellphone firmware operating independently (though available through an interface) from the Palm OS system. Like most modern smartphones, the phone operations can be off while the Palm operates, and vice versa. The systems are sufficiently integrated to pass 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. Palm OS is a compact operating system developed and licensed by PalmSource, Inc. ... The Palm corporation produces a number of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) which run the Palm operating 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. Look up flip in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A chart of the Graffiti characters (full size) Graffiti is the handwriting recognition software used in PDAs based on the Palm OS. Graffiti was originally written by Palm as an alternate recognition system for the Apple Newton MessagePad, when NewtonOS 1 couldnt recognize handwriting very well at all. ...

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. A modem (from modulate and demodulate) is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. ... E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... An example of a web browser (Internet Explorer), displaying the English Wikipedia main page. ...

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. “SMS” redirects here. ... WAP is an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication. ... Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a standard for a telephony messaging systems that allow sending messages that includes multimedia objects (images, audio, video, rich text) and not just text messages as in Short message service (SMS). ...

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. Palm OS is an operating system made by Palm, Inc. ... Look up ir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Different versions of the phone were made available for different wireless networks, including GSM and CDMA. Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... General Information Generically (as a multiplexing scheme), code division multiple access (CDMA) is any use of any form of spread spectrum by multiple transmitters to send to the same receiver on the same frequency channel at the same time without harmful interference. ...

The successor to the 6035 was the Kyocera 7135.