Zi Corporation today announced Samsung has integrated Zi Corporation’s eZiText and Decuma text entry solutions onto its L258 and G618 handsets in China. Decuma Chinese V4.1 handwriting recognition technology bundled with predictive text entry software eZiText, to provide Samsung with a complete text input solution.

The Company’s 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 Corporation 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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