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    Zi adds support for UIQ

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    Zi Corporation has extended the range of user interfaces (UI) supported by its  Qix™ service discovery engine to the UIQ platform. This announcement comes along one month after the company revealed improved ARPU statistics as part of its UK trial with Virgin Mobile.

    Qix now supports two licensable UIs available for Symbian OS smartphones. Qix for UIQ will offer the same features and functionality as the Qix version for S60. Transferring the Qix solution across to UIQ enables Zi to extend the reach of Qix across a larger range of Symbian OS based phones.

    “This is a significant step forward for Zi’s Qix technology and comes hard on the heels of the encouraging signs we are seeing from our trials with Virgin Mobile,” comments Zi Corporation’s chief technical officer and chief operating officer Milos Djokovic, “Qix now supports the two most important
    user interfaces deployed in the smartphone market. The Qix service discovery engine has created interest from operators worldwide because of its proven ability to drive up service revenues. Extending Qix to encompass the important UIQ user interface is another step towards making Qix totally
    ubiquitous.”

    “As a leader in UI technology UIQ Technology recognizes the important role that Qix is playing in enabling fast and intuitive usage of the smartphone’s functions and feature” says Elisabet Melin, VP Marketing at UIQ Technology.
     
    “Up to Q3 2005 almost 48 million Symbian OS smartphones had shipped worldwide,” said Simon Garth, VP of Marketing, Symbian. “Zi’s decision to enable Qix for the UIQ user interface will bring this advanced functionality to even more smartphone users.”

    Qix is now supported on version 2.1 of UIQ, the platform utilized by the Sony Ericsson P910i.  Zi expects to extend support to version 3 of UIQ by the end of the year.

    The recently launched UIQ 3 platform is an open software platform, based on Symbian OS, allowing developers to potentially target all UIQ 3 based phones from different manufacturers, using one single codeline.