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Wireless Week, March 1, 2006

"The New York-based Eatoni – whose name derives from the six most frequently used letters in the English alphabet – offers two systems for predictive-text entry. LetterWise promises to reduce input to 1.16 taps per correct letter, compared with the standard 2.2 taps per correct letter required for multi-tap."

The Economist, Dec 8 2005

"The problem with predictive text is that it often guesses the wrong word: invite a friend out for a pint (7468 on most keypads), and your phone may suggest shot and riot before guessing the correct word. The problem with multi-tap is all that tiresome clicking, which is why people often use abbreviations in their txt msgs..."

"Eatoni Mail reduces the number of keystrokes used to type on a telephone keypad, and users can increase the font size to 24 points, which is comparable with text styles in large-print newspapers and books."

"A new way to enter text on phones in Arabic script languages is now available to people across the Middle East."

The Economist, June 20 2002

Unlike T9, LetterWise can be used to type proper names, addresses and Internet locations. It is simple to learn...

Incorporating LetterWise predictive text entry software from Eatoni Ergonomics, Message TV is a television that doubles as a message center. Katsushi Shiono, product planning and development for Sanyo, says that additional applications for Message TV may include fax, e-mail, and Internet functionality.

By John Lettice, The Register May 27 2002

Howard Gutowitz, CEO of Eatoni Ergonomics, is that dangerous character, a Man with a Mission.

I think by getting together on (interoperability) the carriers are realizing they can't put their heads in the sand anymore."

Wireless SMS uses spare network capacity, so it's not unusual to see profit estimates approaching 90%. It's too early to say how much revenue SMS might add to a typical European wireline carrier's bottom line.

Los jóvenes pueden tener un buen aliado en LetterWise para escribir los SMS en su propia jerga.

Your trusty cordless home phone may be transforming itself before your very eyes into yet another tool in the coming m-commerce revolution.

Un clavier AZERTY est souvent fourni, mais quel téléspectateur voudra garder ce clavier sur ses genoux lors d'un moment de détente devant son écran TV?

by Matthew Clark, Electric News, April 26 2002

Users will also be able to send text messages from their home phone in other, lesser-used European tongues such as Basque, Scottish, Welsh, Catalan, Croatian Czech and Galician.

Christoph Caselitz, President of Cordless Products, Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group, said LetterWise was "a clever solution to a difficult problem" and added that Siemens is considering using LetterWise in a broad range of its products.

Snart kommer en vanlig trådløs hjemmetelefon som kan sende og motta e-post.

As text messaging explodes worldwide the need to provide software in local languages has dramatically increased.

By John Lettice, The Register April 15, 2002

Text messaging, a huge success for the mobile phone business, is now poised for take-off via fixed lines as well, with some intriguing implications.

Cordless-phone makers are pulling out all the stops to hold on to their customers. An increasing number of people with both a cell phone and a home phone are choosing to junk their landline. In response, the makers of cordless phones are going on the offensive, making their phones look and feel more like cell phones--or even act like them. "Many people in this industry are very, very worried," said Howard Gutowitz, founder of Eatoni Ergonomics.

Ben Charny, CNET News.com April 12, 2002

Predictive text-entry developer Eatoni Ergonomics says its software will be used by three of the largest European digital cordless phone makers to propel the cordless SMS market.

netsurf/sms, April 12, 2002

Jusqu’à présent, le T9 de Tegic Communications était installé dans 90% des téléphones mobiles, mais LetterWise d'Eatoni devient un concurrent sérieux, d'une part parce que ce logiciel est très léger — seulement 3K —, qu'il permet d'écrire des textos en 120 langues (comparé à 27 pour T9) et parce qu'il n'est pas basé sur le concept d'un dictionnaire, permettant facilement l'usage de noms propres, de noms inventés ou de termes d'argot.

E. Sutherland, April 10, 2002

Wireless Developer Network, April 8 2002

March 11 2002

MobileInfo February 7, 2002

Easy to use, LetterWise flawlessly inputs slang, proper names and URLs, because it is not dictionary based.

ThinkMobile, Friday, January 11, 2002

New York-based Eatoni Ergonomics has licensed its LetterWise text-entry software to Taiwan's Benq for use in handsets in China and Europe.

Cellular News, January 11, 2002

LetterWise, a predictive text-solution will begin to appear in Benq-manufactured phones in March of this year

Wireless Developer Network, January 10, 2002

By David Sims, The Industry Standard Jul 12 2001

"The problem with predictive text is that it often guesses the wrong word: invite a friend out for a pint (7468 on most keypads), and your phone may suggest shot and riot before guessing the correct word. The problem with multi-tap is all that tiresome clicking, which is why people often use abbreviations in their txt msgs..."

"Customers will never know our name, but they will definitely appreciate the benefits from those companies that decide to work with us."

"Mobile phone users should eagerly anticipate the Eatoni technology's arrival on the scene. It might actually make email-on-the-move practical."

Easy SMS
SuperMittwoch, February 23, 2001

"Das Programm "Letterwise" soll das Schreiben von Texten auf Handys revolutionieren."
"The program "Letterwise" is designed to revolutionize text-entry on mobile phones."

"Improved displays are only half the battle. Users still need better ways to interact with their phones.(...)Consumers are not happy entering text on 12-key phone keypads. Among U.S. mobile commerce users in Boston Consulting's study, text entry was the biggest complaint."

Thomas Jüngling,February, 11 2001

Neue Software beschleunigt die Eingabe von Kurzmitteilungen

CNET News.com, February 6, 2001

"Eatoni Ergonomics may have helped dissolve the wireless world's biggest, ugliest wart. (...) Eatoni engineers say they've done this whole process better. Its algorithms are mind readers, which will guess at the rest of the word while it's being typed. The program is based on how often letter combinations appear, the same theory at the heart of cracking spy codes."

Newsweek, January 29, 2001

"Many new mobile phones allow users to send short e-mail messages. But anyone who's tried to type something longer than "hi" on a 12-button keypad is quickly frustrated (push the 4 button twice for "h", three times for "i", etc.)... WordWise software takes less phone memory and makes typing significantly faster. Look for it in some mobiles later this year."

RCR News, January 15, 2001

"Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. has staked its business case on the proposition that typing should be nearly as easy as talking if wireless data usage is to reach its full potential. "

Redherring.com, December 7, 2000

"I tried both (LetterWise and WordWise) and came away extremely impressed."

"Eatoni's products make it faster for people to type messages on mobile phones.(...)We believe the system has the potential to double the amount of SMS traffic world-wide".

"Unlike other text-entry technologies, Eatoni's LetterWise and WordWise do not depend on dictionary databases that choose appropriate words. Instead, the technology is based on letter patterns. That allows users to input non-words such as abbreviations and URL addresses more easily than with other text-entry products."(...)

Mobil.cz, November 1, 2000

Yahoo nybble, October 31, 2000

Eatoni Ergonomics is coming up with a product that's sure to be a hit with mobile users in the Philippines, the text capital of the world.

"I was impressed by an off-the-floor demonstration by startup Eatoni, which was showing its superb predictive text entry system. (...) This system uses the telephone keypad more intelligently - and is faster to learn - than other predictive input capabilities I've seen, such as Tegic's T9. Hopefully manufacturers will be clever enough to pick up this or similar input systems."

"LetterWise (...) will overcome the "bottleneck" to SMS messaging by reducing the number of key taps needed to enter text on a numeric keypad."

"A new program could take the frustration out of trying to type words into cell phone keypads."

"Eatoni Ergonomics bringt zwei Programme auf den Markt, mit denen die umständliche und zeitraubende Texteingabe auf Handys einfacher werden soll."

Yahoo! Finance, September 21, 2000

"Easy to use, easy to install, the Eatoni technology will allow people to do more things with their wireless devices, do them faster, while they carry fewer pieces of hardware. (...) It will simplify and expand the world of wireless communication."

Computerra, 13 February 2000