A closeup picture of a phone keyboard. The acronym T9 stands for Text on 9 keys. T9 "predictive texting" is a tool used primarily on non-smartphones (those with just a nine-key keyboard similar to a ...

Nuance Communications has agreed to buy the developer of the T9 predictive text input software for mobile phones from current owner AOL. Tegic Communications, in Seattle, developed the T9 interface in ...

Tegic Communications today announced new enhancements to its T9® Text Input software, the leading text entry solution for wireless phones. The new "adaptive" text input features learn an individual's ...

Martin King, the co-inventor of the Tegic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_%28predictive_text%29">T9</a> text-input software for mobile phones, died last week ...

Some technologies make so much sense that they just won’t disappear. T9 — the old text input from our trusty Nokia phones from the 1990s — is one of those throwbacks. Direction 9 is a startup that is ...

Voice recognition developer Nuance announced plans to acquire Zi, a company that offers a variety of text input technologies designed for mobile users. View a slide show of 2008’s hottest tech M&A ...

Los Angeles Times: The first text message was sent out on Dec. 3 1992. Engineer Neil Papworth wrote “Merry Christmas” on his computer and sent it to Vodafone director Richard Jarvis. Los Angeles Times ...