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Articles tagged with: Predictive Text
Telecom New Zealand to Support Maori Predictive Text in 3G Phones
In a first for New Zealand, common te Reo Maori words will now be recognised in the predictive text message function and auto voice dialling on certain Telecom 3G handsets. more
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Sony Ericsson Extends Predictive Text Contract
Zi Corp says that it has expand its existing licensing relationship with Sony Ericsson. The new arrangement is expected to generate multi-million dollars in revenues for Zi over the remainder of the contract, representing an approximate increase of 33% in revenues per year from shipments of ZiĆ's predictive text software under this relationship, when compared to the previous year of this agreement. more
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UK Teens Warned About "Excessive" SMSing
As thousands of students in Britain get set to receive their exams results in the coming weeks, chartered physiotherapists are urging young people to take steps to ward off text message injury (TMI). Survey results released by the UKs Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) show that the text lives of teenagers in particular are becoming a pain. more
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Easier Sending of SMS's in the Hinglish Language
The predictive text software, T9 has been translated into Hinglish - mixture of Hindi and English, which is spoken by around 350 million people in the Indian subcontinent. Specifically, the advanced T9 Text Input product offers enhanced Hinglish support, making it easier for users to use Hinglish words like chai, desi, jungli etc. while composing SMS messages. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, India
T9 sold to Voice Mobile Developer
Time Warner's AOL has sold it's Tegic subsidiary - the company behind the T9 predictive text service - to Nuance Communications for US$265 million. more
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Messaging Phones Focus For Samsung In 2007
A mobile phone is not just a phone anymore. In the day of ever-increasing need for communication and data, messaging and smart phones have been taking the wireless market by storm. Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) recognizes this growing trend with a focus to continue to provide consumers with slim, sleek smart phones that meet both their personal and business needs. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, mobile-messaging, encryption, cingular
Nokia Introduces Two New CDMA Phones
The latest entries into the CDMA handset market from Nokia were unveiled yesterday at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong. Targeted at consumers who use their mobile phone primarily for basic features like making phone calls voice and text messaging, the Nokia 1265 and Nokia 1325 feature a number of desirable features such as handsfree speakers and voice recorders. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, handsfree, ringtones
LG Handsets to include Hindi SMS Feature
LG is launching a handset for the Indian market which will include Hindi language in its predictive text messaging applications. Local LG engineers ported Tegic's Hindi T9 predictive text input software to the LG KG110 GSM handset at the LG engineering center in Pune, Maharashtra State, India. Hindi T9 software in Version 7.4 offers users advanced word completion functionality, enabling mobile users to press just a few keys to pull up the desired word. Further, stem locking, which allows users to highlight the first few characters of a word to trim down the word choice list, helps users to more quickly identify and complete their intended word. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, lg-electronics, maharashtra
A Singapore student has broken the World Record for typing in a sample SMS message. Mr Ang Chuang Yang, 16, a student from Raffles Institution, clocked 41.52 seconds - a timing faster than the current world record - in a bid to smash the time of 42.22 seconds set by American Ben Cook in July this year. more
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Low Cost CDMA Handsets for Emerging Markets
Kyocera Wireless has launched two new low-cost CDMA mobile phones. With a rapidly-growing number of wireless users in cost-sensitive markets such as Asia, Africa and Latin America, the Kyocera K122 is an ultra-low-tier single-mode 800 MHz phone that allows carriers to offer a stylish, full-featured CDMA handset priced to compete against low-cost phones from GSM operators. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, kyocera, battery, cdma2000, wap, kyocera-wireless