Samsung Phones Add Chinese Text Input From Zi Corp.

Dublin, Sep 01, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- ZICA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Zi Corp., a provider of mobile discovery & advertising solutions and Samsung Electronics, a mobile phone manufacturer, announced Samsung has integrated its eZiText and Decuma text entry solutions onto the company's L258 and G618 handsets in China.

The integration sees Zi's Decuma Chinese V4.1 handwriting recognition technology featured on two GSM handsets in China. Decuma is bundled with predictive text entry software eZiText, to provide Samsung with a complete text input solution.

The company said its products have been licensed to Samsung for use on the L258 handset, which went on sale this spring in China. The G618 handset has received extensive press coverage as Samsung's donation to athletes, coaches and staff for the Chinese Olympic Team.

Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corp. said, "Our product penetration in the Chinese market is currently very widespread and this latest deal, with one of the world's top handset manufacturers, again highlights the development and reliability of our text entry portfolio. We are delighted that Samsung has chosen our bundled solution for two handsets and the combination of handwriting recognition and keypad input is something many OEM's are really starting to take advantage of."

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