Writing becomes eZi… Wii “IM” in the works
Remember ages ago (it’s been that long?) when Wii had been registering trademarks left and right? Among those trademarks include WiiKids, WiiCulture, WWWii, and a whole slew of other things that probably won’t even see the light of day. But rest assured, Nintendo’s got them reserved as trademarks already.
From these trademarks, we can see the track that Nintendo is taking in expanding their console. We somehow get some feel of what their future plans would be. One of those trademarks is !!M (that’s “Wii” inverted 180 degrees).
Zi Corporation has just announced that they would be working with Nintendo to bring their predictive text input software, eZiText, into the Wii. Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corporation said that “By embedding eZiText in Wii, Nintendo is empowering its customer with a more user friendly method for text input.” To continue:
This announcement heralds the future use of eZiText outside of conventional mobile usage. The global gaming industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and is becoming an important new avenue for the distribution of our products. As such, we will continue to progressively pursue new gaming customers.
Now whether this project will end up as the supposed !!M, we’re still not sure if what they’re trying to aim at is an SMS Messaging service or an Instant Messaging service. Either way, expect a lot of communication between Wiis, Wiimotes, and Miis in the future.
Remember ages ago (it’s been that long?) when Wii had been registering trademarks left and right? Among those trademarks include WiiKids, WiiCulture, WWWii, and a whole slew of other things that probably won’t even see the light of day. But rest assured, Nintendo’s got them reserved as trademarks already.
From these trademarks, we can see the track that Nintendo is taking in expanding their console. We somehow get some feel of what their future plans would be. One of those trademarks is !!M (that’s “Wii” inverted 180 degrees).
Zi Corporation has just announced that they would be working with Nintendo to bring their predictive text input software, eZiText, into the Wii. Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corporation said that “By embedding eZiText in Wii, Nintendo is empowering its customer with a more user friendly method for text input.” To continue:
This announcement heralds the future use of eZiText outside of conventional mobile usage. The global gaming industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and is becoming an important new avenue for the distribution of our products. As such, we will continue to progressively pursue new gaming customers.
Now whether this project will end up as the supposed !!M, we’re still not sure if what they’re trying to aim at is an SMS Messaging service or an Instant Messaging service. Either way, expect a lot of communication between Wiis, Wiimotes, and Miis in the future.
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