RIM, Eatoni team up on new text keyboard technology

Just over two years ago, RIM and Eatoni were at each other's throats about a SureType predictive-text system, but these days, the two firms are pushing aside any lingering beef as they look to "develop a new text keyboard technology." Reportedly, the duo "signed an agreement in which Eatoni, which specializes in designing hardware and software for keyboards, would grant RIM a license to use its technology; RIM, in return, made an equity investment in Eatoni." Additionally, it was noted that both outfits mutually dismissed previous claims over patent infringement, but unfortunately, that's every bit of detail that we have for now.

[Matthew Hilario @ Oct 10th 2007 7:44PM]

Yay now my keyboard can predict which pr0nstars and fetishes i wanted to look up before i even finish typing! buk..

[Kunikos @ Oct 10th 2007 7:57PM]

Now if they can make it use the internet to predict, like Google can do in its search-box, that would be pretty awesome. That way foreign language words, technological terms, slang, etc would be able to be predicted without having a stored dictionary file on the handset.

[Zach @ Oct 10th 2007 8:49PM]

The Eatoni logo looks kind of like a souped up Enron.

[Sam @ Oct 11th 2007 12:44PM]

I thought the same thing! I was trying ti figure out why RIM needed to work with the defunct Enron Corp...

[tom @ Oct 10th 2007 9:30PM]

Zach, your imagination are just too creative hahahaha! I hope they are not up to something

[Zach @ Oct 11th 2007 9:56PM]

Apparently my imagination is plural. Thanks.

[Mike van Lammeren @ Oct 10th 2007 10:19PM]

Predictive-text is teh siht!