AOL's Tegic Taps IBM to Create New T9 Run.DULLES, Va. & BARCELONA, Spain -- America Online See AOL. , Inc.:
IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, a Java Powered(TM) Virtual
Machine, to be Part of a Bundled Offering with T9 Predictive Text,
Which Today Makes Mobile Messaging Faster and Easier on More Than 75
Percent of Worldwide Mobile Phones
New Solution Will Let Operators and Handset Manufacturers Rapidly and
Cost Effectively Deploy Trusted, Embedded Software
Tegic, a division of AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , today announced a new T9 offering that will combine IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (R) WebSphere(R) Everyplace eve·ry·place adv. Informal Everywhere. Usage Note: The forms everyplace (or every place), anyplace (or any place), someplace (or some place), and no place (R) Micro Environment, a Java Powered(TM) virtual machine for mobile devices, with AOL/Tegic's T9 predictive text Predictive text is an input technology designed for mobile phones. The technology allows words to be entered by a single keypress for each letter, as opposed to the multiple keypress approach used in the older generation of mobile phones. software. Called T9 Run, the new integrated offering is designed to provide mobile device manufacturers with substantial cost savings, flexibility to add new embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. components and an accessible user interface for T9 predictive text. Today, T9(R) predictive text makes mobile messaging and email faster and easier on more than 75 percent of mobile phones worldwide. Deliverable in the second half of 2006, T9(R) Run is designed to make it faster, easier and more cost effective for wireless operators and device manufacturers to deploy new, trusted embedded applications to drive average revenue per user (ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. ) and software feature based differentiation. By leveraging T9 Run's plug-in model, the operators will no longer be limited by the software capabilities of their 'installed base.' T9 Run will provide the same type of model for embedded applications that the Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). provides for downloadable services and entertainment applications, filling in the gaps in feature phone based software deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. left by traditional implementations. Finally, the market has an integrated offering that includes the Java Powered technology of IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment and is supported by the T9 team which is famous for its dedication to delighting customers. "T9 has set the standard for messaging speed and ease of use, and - as one of the most broadly deployed pieces of wireless software - it has been instrumental to the worldwide adoption of mobile text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. ," said Michael Garbett, Director of Product Management Client Platforms & Technologies, IBM Software Group. "IBM is very pleased to be working with AOL to integrate T9 software with WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, providing handset manufacturers with a tightly integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. solution for wireless terminals." "We are thrilled to be working with IBM to usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. the next generation of revenue enhancing feature phones," said Bill Schwebel, President, Tegic Communications. "The speed, memory usage and compatibility of IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment will make T9 Run a stand out in the market. Together, we will make it easier than ever for mobile users around the world to enjoy popular data services. We look forward to working with our wireless operator and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners to speed the delivery of these flexible next generation mobile devices to all four corners of the world." T9 Run extends the porting layer of IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment to provide a universal plug-in architecture for trusted embedded software solutions. This plug-in architecture will help make it quick and cost effective for handset manufacturers to support third-party embedded software products. The T9 predictive text core can also be upgraded with new features and improvements - like personal database synchronization and the XT9(TM) Mobile Interface - 'over the air.' These components are designed to avoid the typical security restraints imposed on downloadable Java applications. Because WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment provides a consistent interface to the services of feature phones, the T9 Run plug-in model will allow OEMs to add software features much closer to the retail release of the handset, or - in cooperation with the operator - over the air after purchase, thereby drastically reducing the time to market for new operator driven features. The open-standards-based Java Powered virtual machine WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, is part of IBM Workplace IBM Workplace was a brand of collaborative software applications from IBM's Lotus Software division. It was intended to be the next generation of collaboration software that would work with IBM's Java EE-based WebSphere Portal server software. Client Technology(TM) Micro Edition, server-managed device middleware, designed to connect enterprise data to mobile devices for sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. and mobile employee productivity. IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment is a tested and certified production-ready runtime environment for J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. (TM) applications, a key tool in the IBM arsenal that provides a foundation for extending existing e-business and consumer applications to small mobile devices. By taking advantage of the middleware provided by the WebSphere family of products, a platform for end-to-end services and applications is provided. WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment includes a production-level Java(TM) 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) "Java Powered" runtime environment, certified on over 25 platforms. See Tegic at 3GSM in Barcelona. For demos of the latest T9(R) offerings, including T9 Run, Chinese T9(R) Phrasal Text Input (PTI PTI - Portable Tool Interface ), T9(R) Text Input, T9(R) Text Output and the XT9(R) Mobile Interface, visit Tegic at the B Hotel just across Placa Espanya from the 3GSM Congress Hall. For users new to predictive text entry, check out the T9(R) Trainer at http://www.textfast.T9.com. About T9(R) Software T9(R) predictive text, a leading alphabet-based and Chinese, Japanese and Korean character-based messaging software, is the flagship product of Tegic, and is available in more than 51 languages. By incorporating T9 software into mobile communications products, companies are solving the fundamental problem of how to quickly and easily send mobile messages and browse the Web. More than 800 mobile phone models available throughout the world today include T9 software and the technology has been licensed to major consumer electronics and communications equipment manufacturers worldwide. For more on T9, visit http://www.textfast.T9.com. About Tegic, a Division of AOL, Inc. Tegic is a leading provider of enabling software for mobile data services, including market-leading T9 software. A wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL, Inc., Tegic was founded in 1995 to develop and market communication technologies for the telecommunications and computing industries. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington (U.S.A.) and has offices in London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing, Bangalore and Sao Paulo. Tegic is on the Web at http://www.tegic.com. About IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key business partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable companies to take full advantage of the on demand era. Please visit www.ibm.com on the World Wide Web at http://www.ibm.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based expectations of how the T9 Run bundle will work. These statements are not guarantees of future features or performance. Java, J2ME and Java Powered are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. IBM, WebSphere, Everyplace and Workplace Client Technology are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. AOL, Tegic, T9 and XT9 are trademarks or registered trademarks of America Online, Inc. |
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