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Tuesday October 23, 4:00 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Motorola
Acer Communications Builds Motorola Predictive
Text Input Technology into Mobile Phones for
Easier Messaging
Motorola's iTAP(TM) Makes Cell Phones Smarter, Simplifies
Text Entry, Intuitively Predicts Words Entered on Numeric
Keypad
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola, a global leader in
integrated communications solutions, announced today it has licensed its iTAP(TM)
intelligent keypad text entry technology to Acer Communications and Multimedia Inc.
Acer will use iTAP technology in the mobile phones it builds for mobile handset
vendors, including Motorola, as a way to simplify and speed keypad text entry for
sending text messages.
Acer has a worldwide license on iTAP technology for a three-year period during
which it can build Motorola's iTAP technology into any mobile phone it manufactures
for any vendor.
iTAP technology, Motorola's predictive text input technology, is designed to make
life better by amplifying a consumer's ability to conduct business and communicate.
By predicting words as consumers type on their mobile devices, iTAP technology
simplifies keypad text input. iTAP technology predicts the most likely word
associated with a particular sequence of key presses, which increases input speed,
and improves accuracy and overall keypad use. With over 35,000 words in its
dictionary, iTAP technology can predict most words on the first attempt, and it
supports more than 20 languages, including Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Japanese,
Portuguese, German and Spanish. iTAP technology is part of Motorola's professional
services portfolio where it can be used in customized and integrated solutions and
systems that Motorola develops for key customers.
First Rollout of Acer-built Phone with iTAP Technology
Motorola began shipping its Acer-built Motorola Talkabout 191 in Asian and
European GSM markets earlier this year. Although Motorola is shipping a variety of phones with iTAP technology
globally, the T191 is the first iTAP product that Acer has manufactured.
Further easing the integration of iTAP technology into mobile handsets produced for the market in China, Motorola's
iTAP technology recently received China Electronic Standards Institute certification for meeting the stringent GB 18031
standard for Chinese text input.
``As Motorola continues to enhance wireless communication for the end user, we recognized the need to license our
technology for use in other devices,'' said Robert Molnar, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of
Multimedia Platforms and Technologies for Motorola's Internet Software and Content Group. ``We're pleased that
Acer has recognized that iTAP technology improves the way people use their mobile phones to send text messages.''
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - news) is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and
embedded electronic solutions. These include software-enhanced wireless telephones, two-way radios, and messaging
products and systems, as well as networking and Internet-access products, for consumers, network operators, and
commercial, government and industrial customers. Sales in 2000 were $37.6 billion. Further information about
Motorola can be found at www.motorola.com
Motorola, the Stylized M Logo, iTAP and all other trademarks indicated as such herein are trademarks of Motorola,
Inc. (R) Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Printed in the U.S.A.
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