which American multinational computer software XT9 now part of
XT9 XT9 is a text predicting and correcting system for mobile devices with full keyboards rather than the 3x4 keypad on old phones. It was originally developed by Tegic Communications, now part of Nuance Communications. It was created for devices with styluses, but is now used for touch screen devices too. It is a successor to T9, a popular predictive text algorithm for mobile phones with only numeric pads.
Cherry (keyboards) Cherry GmbH (formerly Cherry Corporation) (stylized as CHERRY) is a German computer peripheral-device maker. The company has its roots in the United States and is headquartered in Germany. It has additional offices in the United States, France, and China. They also manufactured a large range of products including sensors, input devices and automotive modules until 2008, when Cherry was bought by ZF Friedrichshafen and renamed to ZF Electronics GmbH. ZF-Division "Computer Input Devices" was outsourced as Cherry GmbH in January 2016 and will continue to sell products under the Cherry brand.