SOURCE: Zi Corporation
Zi technology to be embedded on a Personal Data Assistant (PDA)
CALGARY, Dec. 9 /CNW-PRN/ - Zi Corporation (TSE: ZIC - news; NASDAQ: ZICA - news) announced it has licensed its eZiTEXT(TM) technology to Beijing Zhaohua Data Communications Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhaohua) for their handheld communications products, including Personal Data Assistants (PDAs).
''This licensee deepens the market penetration of eZiTEXT(TM) in the telecommunications industry of China,'' says Kam Ching, director, Business Development & Sales PRC at Zi Corporation. ''The fact that Zhaohua has selected eZiTEXT(TM) on their handheld PDA, for the input of Chinese characters, demonstrates the increasing market acceptance for our technology.''
Zhaohua's first product to include eZiTEXT(TM) will be a PDA based on the newest member of Motorola's DragonBall(TM) series of integrated portable system processors, the MC68EZ328. This custom made PDA will be used by engineers at Unicom, China's second largest wireless operator, for the information control and maintenance of Unicom's GSM and CDMA base stations. Many Unicom network engineers and technical staff will begin using the technology early next year. Zi's integration on the DragonBall(TM) platform means its technology now works on three PDA platforms, including the Palm OS and WinCE OS.
''With such small devices, an easy-to-use Chinese input technology is vital,'' commented Mr. Yang Zhi Jie, general manager of Zhaohua. ''Zi's eZiTEXT(TM) technology for the DragonBall(TM) platform is not only convenient to use, but predicts what a user is writing as they go along. This is a noteworthy innovation as it increases writing speed and reduces the risk of writing wrong characters and words.''
Zhaohua is owned by Beijing Guodu Information Industries Group (Guodu), which is governed by the Organizations Affair Administration of the State Council. Guodu owns over ten companies, including Beijing On-Line Software Development Co. Ltd. and Beijing Guodu Electronics. Guodu's focus is developing and producing high-tech products and services for China's telecommunications and information industries. It is currently a service representative for the network and microprocessor products of IBM, Hewlett Packard, 3-Com and a network integration representative for Microsoft as well as the service agent of Oracle database systems. |
