Anuraj Gambhir, a 17 years veteran of the mobile value web (Siemens Mobile / BenQ, Sharp Corp., GSM Association, Logica Inc., SingTel Optus ... ) has accepted to be Chief Advisor of Tiki'labs sas.

After participating to MEX (http://www.pmn.co.uk/mex/) Anuraj will be in Amsterdam for the Handsets World in Amsterdam (see Events at http://www.informatm.com) and will represent Tiki'labs at a Panel Discussion about "How to Introduce Advanced Functionalities but Making it Simple and Easy for Users ? ".  (Stream A - Day 2 - Wednesday the 16th of May, 14:30 15:10 )

Anuraj has been looking for years for Simplexity solutions to help users be at ease with more and more complex handsets.

When he was presented Tiki® 6 keys solutions he was immediately excited and proposed to become Tiki’labs Chief Advisor for introducing Tiki® to the mobile world actors.
 
For Anuraj, "This is certainly one of the most intuitive input and navigation method I have seen to date. Simplexity just springs out as the one big strength"
 
Tiki® 6 keys being either physical, visual or touch, are particularly interesting for the growing number of Touch Screen handsets. With Tiki®, and a "good touchscreen", users will have both simplicity when they discover their new handset and soon, very quick direct navigation tools. With Tiki® , touch screen handsets can be used either with two or one hand ! The same system can also deliver real one handed fast touch typing.
 
For Anuraj, "Augmenting devices effectiveness, Tiki® will enable easier access to new services, particularly those tied to social networking and multimedia"

Larry will also be in Amsterdam the 16th and 17th may and will be available on demand to provide Tiki® personal discovery to all those, like Anuraj and Pilotfish, who are ready to explore the fantastic potentials of Tiki® 6 keys for the handset user and all his providers.

With Tiki®, the handset may soon be no longer idle for long hours ! Instead of being used a few dozen minutes per day, it could be used several hours a day.

Please call or text us !

Larry +33674199133 or larry@tikilabs.com or anuraj.gambhir@tikilabs.com

Paris, France, and Munich, Germany, February 12, 2007 –- Tiki’labs sas, a French start-up company in the HMI industry, and Pilotfish, a progressive industrial design and product development studio based in Munich and Taipei, today announced their cooperation on the introduction of the Tiki® 6 keys technology developed by Tiki’labs.

Tiki® 6 keys is an innovative software keyboard solution which reduces input to only six physical or virtual keys. It can be implemented on any mobile device (smartphone, PDA, tablet PC or new generation mobile phones), either integrated in software or as a separate hardware input accessory. For all users dissatisfied with the current input systems on their mobile devices, Tiki® 6 keys offers an intelligent, space-saving and more comfortable alternative to QWERTY, multitap or T9. For the first time, compactness, comfort, and performance are brought together in mobile input.

In the framework of the announced cooperation, Pilotfish will render conceptual design and design consulting services to support the introduction of the Tiki® 6 keys technology to the mobile communications, computing and consumer electronics markets.

By enabling the user to enter any letter or figure using only six keys, Tiki® 6 keys simplifies SMS and e-mail typing, speeds up mobile web browsing, and offers unparalleled flexibility for professional applications. Based on extensive cognitive research, Tiki® 6 keys is learned quickly and easily. Within only a few hours, the writing speed will exceed multitap and T9, leading the user to eventually type blindly on either keyboards or multi touch screens.

Experts guess that around 40 per cent of mobile subscribers send very few SMS due to their discomfort with current input methods, such as multitap or T9. With users having identified mobile internet as one of the most exciting capabilities of their phone, firstly to send email and secondly to make short searches, current devices still lack an appropriate input tool to perform those simple tasks. In both cases, Tiki® 6 keys overcomes present limitations and provides a smart and elegant solution.

In the press Silicon.fr

About Tiki’labs sas

Tiki’labs sas is a French start-up created in April 2006. The company’s mission is to provide better Human Machine Interaction (HMI) solutions for the numeric convergence and small devices. Tiki'labs pursues this mission by combining state of the art HMI with the Tiki® system and process. The Tiki® proprietary patent pending process is the fruit of over two years of prototyping and user testing. The Tiki® project was among the winners of the French Research Ministry Contest 2005. For more information, please visit www.tikilabs.com. Please visit: www.tikilabs.com.

 About Pilotfish

Pilotfish is a progressive industrial design and product development studio based in Munich and Taipei. Specialized in electronic products (consumer and professional electronics, medical & home care, sports & leisure), Pilotfish offers the complete range of industrial design services, from user research to concept development, 3D modeling, prototyping, and batch production. Next to award-winning design (iF, IDEA, red dot, GIO), the company also provides mechanical engineering, project management and on-site quality control for tooling and production in Asia. Since its foundation in 2000, Pilotfish has grown to a multinational team of over 20 designers, engineers, marketing and manufacturing experts catering to international brands worldwide. For more information, please visit www.pilotfish.eu.