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字源公司与Trolltech联合,加强移动设备的用户界面

手机制造商和无线运营商将得益于先进的Linux平台上的增强界面功能

CTIA Wireless 2006,美国内华达州拉斯维加斯;加拿大艾伯塔省卡尔加里,2006年4月4日讯 - 全球领先的智能界面解决方案提供商字源公司(Nasdaq: ZICA)(TSX: ZIC),今天宣布其eZiText®文本预测软件将集成到奇趣科技(Trolltech)的Qtopia®应用程序平台中。这两种技术的整合将使当前移动用户界面功能得到增强,满足快速增长的国际市场对Linux移动设备的需求。

Qtopia是一款应用广泛的应用平台,用于支持高效创建近乎任意类型的Linux设备。通过此次合作,它还将可以提供字源公司先进的文本输入预测功能。在诸多面向快速成长的中国市场的先进功能中,中文词组预测功能现在可以将手机带到一个新功能级别,这种级别的功能以前只能在个人电脑中实现。

这种可马上投入生产的集成将使用户能够更加快速地拟定和发送短信,改进移动用户的体验,增加对文本信息传递服务的接受度。字源的文本预测技术配备了动态学习、个性化词典和上下文定级等功能,使开发人员可以使用Qtopia应用程序平台扩展设备的功能集。eZiText的字母集成还集成了字源公司的一些尖端功能,如单词自动完成功能、双语言预测功能以及词语联想功能等,可进一步增强各种Linux设备的用户界面。

有不少奇趣科技客户已经将eZiText集成到了Qtopia应用程序平台中,以便为他们的Linux移动设备提高更先进的功能,同时加快产品上市速度。早先的Trolltech Qtopia开发商不仅开发标准的GSM手机,而且还扩展到了WiFi手机市场。

字源公司首席技术官兼首席运营官Milos Djokovic说:“奇趣科技拥有成功的技术以及与很多行业最热门的设备制造商的的良好关系,是字源公司的一个理想的合作伙伴。通过在基于奇趣科技Qtopia应用程序平台构建的设备中嵌入字源产品,字源将能够进一步将市场扩展到所有Linux设备。随着越来越多的设备制造商选择Linux操作系统,字源将向他们提供预测功能、手写识别功能和搜索功能,从而使他们有机会增强新的以及现有的应用程序,从而极大地提高设备的易用性,改善最终用户的体验。”

奇趣科技首席执行官Haavard Nord说:“作为无线行业中最具创新精神的软件开发商之一,字源认识到了嵌入式Linux操作系统带来的巨大市场商机。通过将我们综合性的Qtopia应用程序平台与字源公司的智能文本预测软件相结合,移动设备制造商就可以开发出可自定义的用户界面和易于使用的文本应用程序,被世界各地的客户所接受。”

通过采用字源简单易用的文本输入系统eZiText,家电产品制造商和电信运营商就可以向最终用户提供更加丰富、更加个性化的文本输入体验。eZiText拥有真正的带预测功能一指通输入和单词自动完成功能,并且可以根据用户的使用模式和新增的词汇进行自学习,从而可以实现更快、更有效的文本输入。eZiText目前支持54种语言,比任何其它文本预测软件提供商支持的语言都要多。

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关于字源公司

字源公司(www.zicorp.com)是一家技术公司,致力于提供可以加强无线或消费类技术的用户体验的智能界面解决方案。该公司向设备制造商和网络运营商提高全方位的直观易用的输入解决方案,其中包括:具备“一指通”文本输入预测功能的eZiText;实现智能化多重键选输入的eZiTap™;实现自然书写识别的得奇码(Decuma®);以及新增加的可加强用户体验并推动服务的使用和接受的Qix™服务发现引擎。字源的系列产品极大地提高了手机、PDA、游戏设备和机顶盒以及其中的应用程序的易用性(这些应用包括短信、彩信、电子邮件和互联网浏览)。字源在亚洲、欧洲和北美洲设有办事处,为其战略合作伙伴和客户提供支持。字源公司是一家公开上市的公司,在Nasdaq国家市场(代码:ZICA)和多伦多股票交易所(代码:ZIC)上市。

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