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Zi Corporation Licenses eZiText® to SANYO
Japanese Manufacturer to Target PHS Market in Taiwan
CALGARY, AB, December 29, 2003 – Zi Corporation (Nasdaq: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent
interface solutions, today announced that it has licensed its eZiText®
predictive text input technology to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq:SANYY), a
Japanese electronic products developer and manufacturer for wireless handsets,
to be sold in the Taiwanese Personal Handyphone System (PHS) market. The SANYO
products are expected to reach the market in the first quarter of 2004.
"As companies like SANYO improve their quality of applications in the PHS
market they are increasingly coming to Zi to upgrade the text input interface
of their handsets with eZiText," said Gary Mendel, Vice President, Sales and
Marketing, Zi Corporation. "This agreement with SANYO furthers our significant
penetration into the PHS market in Asia and also links Zi with a well known and
well regarded Japanese manufacturer."
Zi's eZiText is a user-friendly text input technology that significantly
increases the ease, speed and accuracy of text input on any electronic device,
including mobile phones, hand-held computers, automotive systems and set-top
boxes. Incorporating eZiText into mobile devices enables consumer electronic
manufacturers (OEMs and ODMs) and telecom carriers to provide consumers with
richer, more personalized text input experiences.
Zi recently announced the launch of a series of new and innovative enhancements
to its core predictive text technology products with the release of Version 6
for eZiText and Version 2 for eZiTap™. The new versions deliver enhancements
to languages and other predictive functions that make text entry even quicker
and easier for end users. In conjunction, overall memory consumption is
reduced, which improves implementation efficiency for Zi customers. Visit
www.zicorp.com for additional information.
About Sanyo
Incorporated in 1950, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. manufactures a broad range of
electronic products divided into four business groups: Consumer, Commercial,
Component, and Service. The SANYO Group of companies is truly an international
organization. For more information, visit www.sanyo.com.
About Zi Corporation
Zi Corporation (www.zicorp.com) 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. eZiNet™, Zi's new client/network based data indexing and retrieval
solution, increases the usability for data-centric devices by reducing the
number of key strokes required to access multiple types of data resident on a
device, a network or both. 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).
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Investor Inquiries: Allen & Caron Inc Jill Bertotti (949) 474-4300 jill@allencaron.com |
Zi Corporation Dale Kearns, Chief Financial Officer (403) 233-8875 investor@zicorp.com |
Media Inquiries: Allen & Caron Inc Len Hall (949) 474-4300 len@allencaron.com |