Network Computer, Inc. Select Zi Chinese Input for TV Navigator
CALGARY, ALBERTA--Zi Corporation (TSE: ZIC - news; NASDAQ: ZICAF - news; ''Zi'') is pleased to announce that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Network Computer, Inc, (''NCI'') to provide Zi 8 Input software for integration with NCI's TV Navigator software. T V Navigator provides a broadly accessible Internet software suite to access news, information, electronic mail and other services from a range of TV-centric devices. NCI is the first licensee of Zi 8 Input system for information appliances such as TV set top boxes. Chinese text input from either the keypad remote control or a keyboard on a TV set top box can be supported.
Network Computer, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 1996 with Oracle Corporation [Nasdaq:ORCL - news], Netscape Communications, Sega, Sony Corporation [NYSE:SNE - news], Acer Group, Nintendo and NCI employees as its primary investors. NCI builds smart software for smart applianc es, including appliances for the corporate desktop. With offices worldwide, NCI sells its software technology worldwide through partners in North America, Europe and Asia. NCI's corporate headquarters are in Redwood Shores, California.
Zi Corporation's goal is to make modern electronic technology more accessible to hundreds of millions of people in Greater China in a way that is consistent with their language and culture. By connecting technology to language, Zi Corporation brings lan guage processing to the mass market for devices such as mobile phones, set top boxes, computers and information appliances.
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