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30th September 2004 - Zi Corporation today announced
that its advanced eZiText® technology is now pre-integrated
and available to Series 60 licensees worldwide.
With this Series 60 Platform announcement, Zi is now
pre-integrated on all the major operating system platforms
for mobile phones. It further strengthens the profile
of Zi's expanding presence in the global wireless market.
Series 60 licensees will be able to license eZiText
directly from Zi.
Series 60 Platform is developed by Nokia, and it is
the world's leading smartphone platform, with millions
of devices already in the market. The platform is noted
for its data capabilities and extensive feature set.
With the pre-integration of eZiText, licensees of the
Series 60 Platform now have the option to use eZiText’s
core capabilities in all supported languages and benefit
from minimal integration effort and faster time-to-market.
Through eZiText’s robust Application Programming
Interfaces (APIs), licensees will also be able to customize
and enhance the eZiText input experience to add features
or create differentiation. An eZiText Front End Processor
(FEP) is also now available to manufacturers through
Zi. The FEP is a fully developed user interface that
manages the entire text input interface and display
of eZiText on the Series 60 Platform.
“Smartphone manufacturers that have chosen the
Series 60 Platform can now benefit from Zi’s competitive
and feature-rich technology quickly and seamlessly,”
said Mike Donnell, president and CEO of Zi Corporation.
“Zi is committed to fully supporting the Series
60 Platform and to extending the benefits of eZiText
to smartphone users everywhere.”
eZiText functions within all Series 60 applications
that require or provision predictive text entry including
messaging (SMS and MMS), Web browsing, calendar, phone
book, notes and others. End users will benefit from
the ease of use and speed benefits of Zi’s text
input capabilities as a core function of the handset.
eZiText is available in and supports over 41 unique
language databases.
About Series 60
The Series 60 Platform, built on the Symbian OS, is
the world’s leading smartphone platform. It is
licensed by some of the foremost mobile phone manufacturers
including LG Electronics, Lenovo, Nokia, Panasonic,
Samsung, Sendo and Siemens. The large color screen,
easy to use interface and extensive suite of applications
make this software ideally suited to support new mobile
services, such as rich content downloading and MMS.
About Zi Corporation
Zi Corporation is a technology company that delivers
intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user
experience of wireless and consumer technologies. The
company's intelligent predictive text interfaces, eZiTap™
and eZiText®, allow users to personalize the device
and simplify text entry providing consumers with easy
interaction for short messaging, e-mail, e-commerce,
Web browsing and similar applications in almost any
written language. Zi supports its strategic partners
and customers from offices in Asia, Europe and North
America. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is
listed on the Nasdaq National Market (ZICA) and the
Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC). (www.zicorp.com)
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