Legend embeds predictive text technology in Pocket PC based smartphones
Staff | Date: Nov 3, 2003 | Comments: 1
Zi Corp. says its eZiText predictive text technology has been chosen by two subsidiaries of Legend Group Ltd. as the text messaging standard for its advanced smartphone product line, sold under the Lenovo brand.
Legend, the largest information technology company in the People's Republic of China, plans to launch the first Lenovo smartphone within this quarter with two more models expected to enter the market in 2004.
Zi says Legend selected eZiText for inclusion in the new Pocket PC based smartphones because it offers users a quick, easy, and personalized text input experience and because Zi provides a high level of local support and service.
According to Zi, the software platform for Legend's Lenovo smartphones is Microsoft's Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, and the new smart phone will offer a wide variety of functionality along with eZiText, including a large color screen, handwriting recognition, an easy connection to external camera and multiple sending of multimedia messaging service (MMS). Legend has initially embedded the first smart phone model with simplified Chinese for all the applications on the phone available for use in the "flip closed" mode.
