The original interview is posted here:-
http://www.pentaxeros.com/index.php?ind=news&op=news_show_single&ide=135
(Babelfish translated article for the interview can be read Here)
Our the *Only* "Pentaxian of the Year" (2008), Mr. Lance Blackburn, has posted also some of his comments and guesses over the DPR, most of which I think are quite sensible and it's worth to take a look:-
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&thread=35222396
(N.B. "The other forum post" as quoted by Lance is this one. It seems that Lance has been very careful for not mentioning the PentaxForums at the DPR! ;-) Commercial competition is just so cruel, anyway!)
So, it's Official now! Let's wait for that higher model (above the K-7, or simply a K-7 replacement - the K-7 successor is going to be stronger than the K-7, right?).