AOL Mobile's T9 Text Input Now Available in Hungarian; America Online's Award Winning Wireless Text Input Technology Now Available in 21 Languages.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DULLES, Va. & BUDAPEST, Hungary--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001 America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leader in interactive services, announced today the availability of T9(R) Text Input for the Hungarian language Hungarian language, also called Magyar, member of the Ugric group of the Finno-Ugric languages. These languages form a subdivision of the Uralic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages). . Today's announcement marks the next step in the company's ongoing commitment to enabling wireless services by making typing on a wireless phone keypad as easy as typing on a computer keyboard. 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. Mobile's T9 Text Input software, also commonly referred to as "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. input," enables the use of advanced wireless communication services such as advanced wireless communication services such as Short Messaging Service (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ), mobile instant messaging Mobile Instant Messaging abbreviated as MIM is a presence enabled messaging service that aims to transpose the Internet desktop messaging such as ICQ or MSN experience to the usage scenario of being connected via a mobile/cellular device. and e-mail by allowing users to quickly and easily enter text and characters into their wireless phone. Of the 10 million people living in Hungary, over 20 percent are wireless users, and Hungarians send over six million SMS messages per month. In Eastern Europe, Hungary ranks third in wireless subscribers, behind only Poland (first) and the Czech Republic (second). Over the next year, subscriptions are expected to significantly increase in Hungary. "There is a growing demand in Hungary for text messaging," said Don Davidge, Vice President of AOL Mobile. "With the introduction of Hungarian language capabilities, we expect wireless growth to continue at a rapid pace as we make it easier for wireless users to communicate." The release of Hungarian T9 Text Input continues the Company's rapid rollout of region-specific linguistic databases to meet the growing demand for fast and easy text input in local languages. Today, AOL also announced the availability of T9 databases for the Arabic and Slovak languages. With the addition of these three languages, T9 Text Input software is now available in 21 languages worldwide, including Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Hangul), Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Czech. The Company continues its aggressive development of T9 language databases for other languages, using a program of extensive quality assurance and user testing to ensure the highest quality. There are more than 100 T9-enabled wireless phone models available throughout the world today. Most wireless phones with T9 software onboard can be equipped with one or more languages, giving users even more choices. About AOL Mobile's T9 Text Input By incorporating T9 Text Input into mobile communications products, companies are solving the fundamental problem of how to quickly and easily type and send messages. Although each key on a telephone keypad can be interpreted in multiple ways - a single press on the "5" key could be "J," "K," or "L" - T9 Text Input uses an internal database to automatically scan possible variations to determine the correct word. For example, entering the word "call" into a mobile phone will take just four key presses with T9 Text Input rather than 10 key presses required by conventional "multi-tap" text entry. Current licensees of T9 Text Input include Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens, Acer, Amstrad, Arima, Benefon, Bosch, Denso Wireless Systems America, Fujitsu, Hyundai Electronics, LG Electronics, Maxon Telecom, Memory Corporation, Mitsubishi, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , NeoPoint, Optimay, Panasonic, Pantech Pantech can be:-
About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc., is 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 Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL). Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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