Zi to launch multiplatform version of Qix search engine

Rating: What a difference a year makes

By Annie Turner

Zi is planning to unveil the latest version of its search and discovery engine Qix, which will work across multiple platforms including Windows Mobile and S60 3rd edition. Qix is an embedded software solution that puts intelligent interfaces on to mobile devices.


Zi has had an exciting year. The UK’s Virgin Mobile (an MVNO that uses T-Mobile’s network) ran a trial with Qix, which according to Zi, “sustained [a] 3% increase in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)”.

Zi went on to sign an agreement with T-Mobile for the deployment of Qix on 25,000 Nokia N70 handsets and other models. Qix will be available in the UK first, but the agreement covers the other countries in which T-Mobile operates.

In gaming, Zi has signed licensing agreements with Nintendo and Sony Computer Entertainment. Zi’s predictive text input technology, eZiText, has been embedded into Wii, Nintendo’s new video games console and Sony’s PLAYSTATION3 (PS3).

And so on. We’ll certainly be visiting Zi at 3GSM.