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Zi Corporation presents eZiText™ Korean version 4.5

Seoul, Korea (May 9, 2001) - Today at Expo Comm Wireless Korea, Zi Corporation (NASDAQ: ZICA) (TSE: ZIC) unveiled its newest version of eZiText™ Korean. This enhanced version allows Korean text to be entered 200 per cent faster than traditional multi-tap text entry methods, improving the user experience of wireless devices for Korean consumers.

eZiText™ Korean version 4.5 allows the user to compose Hangul characters using one touch Jamo text entry. As the user enters the necessary Jamos, eZiText™'s predictive engine guides a user to the intended Hangul characters, making eZiText™ fast and easy to use for both the novice and expert user. Unlike other systems, eZiText™ Korean offers true Hangul characters, eliminating confusing or nonsensical Hangul candidates.

"Manufacturers looking to distinguish their products in the lucrative Korean market, can now license eZiText™ Korean version 4.5 to tailor their wireless and consumer devices for Korean users," says Gordon Tsang, director, Sales, Zi Corporation. "Whole phrases can be entered in Korean in only a few key presses with eZiText™ Korean, one of the only text entry methods that predicts common phrases."

Korea is an important wireless market with a 57 per cent wireless penetration rate at year-end 2000, translating to more than 26 million users. Network providers in Korea are advancing toward 3G services and are expected to launch in late 2002. The Electronic Telecom Research Institute (ETRI) predicts that by 2005 there will be over 38 million wireless subscribers in Korea with the majority subscribing to 3G services.

To obtain further details for eZiText™ Korean version 4.5 log onto http://www.zicorp.com/articles/koreanps.htm. For additional information, visit Zi Corporation at Expo Comm Wireless Korea May 9-12, booth 414 or e-mail info@zicorp.com.

Zi Corporation is a market-driven technology company delivering intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer electronics technologies. The company's core technology product, eZiText™ connects people to short messaging, e-mail, e-commerce, Web browsing and similar applications in almost any written language. Zi Services provides market-leading engineering design in Bluetooth, VoIP and man-machine interface. Zi supports its strategic partners from offices in Calgary, Beijing, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Shenzhen, Stockholm and Tokyo. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on the NASDAQ National Market (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC).

Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information in this press release is based on Zi Corporation's current expectation and assumptions, and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks include, among others, general business and economic conditions and competitive actions as well as the risks and uncertainties referred to in Zi Corporation's 20-F for the most recent calendar year.

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For more information about Zi Corporation:

Dale Kearns
Zi Corporation
Chief Financial Officer
403 233 8875
investor@zicorp.com
www.zicorp.com


For more information about eZiText™ Korean:

info@zicorp.com

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