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I called VKB in Israel several days ago.

question: Is the Virtual Keyboard your company's product or IBZT's?

VKB: we own the product

Q: So, what is your relationship with IBZT

VKB: They help us to distribute the products in north America

Q: Which company will produce the products? Will it be produced in Israel by your company or in the U.S.?

VKB: We don't know.

Q: You own the product, right? You don't know which factory will produce the products?

VKB: We developed the product and we own the patent.

Q: You don't produce the products?

VKB: IBZT should know that.

Q: Okay. Then, how do your company and IBZT split the profit?

VKB: IBZT will pay us royalties.

Q: how much?

VKB: I need to ask IBZT about that.

Several days later, I checked the internet and found out that there are other companies have been assigned by VKB in Israel as a distributor two years ago and it has been claimed that the products would be available in fall of 2002.

here is one of the articles:

Siemens to sell virtual keyboard in Europe
Joris Evers
IDG News Service, Amsterdam Bureau

AMSTERDAM - Tired of thumbing in text messages on your mobile phone, or struggling with the stylus on your PDA (personal digital assistant)? Siemens AG and VKB Inc. say they have the solution: a virtual keyboard.

A small device, developed in Israel by Delaware-based VKB, can project a nearly full-sized keyboard onto any flat surface and uses an infrared system to sense what the user is typing, Siemens of Munich said in a statement Monday.

"This is very useful for people who travel a lot and use a PDA or a mobile phone on the road. For typing in a long text while on a plane or train, for example," said Monika Winkler, spokeswoman for Siemens Procurement and Logistics Services, the Siemens unit that will distribute the virtual keyboard.

Siemens first demonstrated the virtual keyboard at the CeBIT tradeshow in Hannover, Germany, earlier this year. It will be the first distributor of the virtual keyboard in the world and is looking at building the technology into its mobile phones and handheld computers, Winkler said.

Manufacturing of the virtual keyboard projector will be handled by a VKB partner in Asia, under close supervision from Siemens, which is considering branding the device, Winkler said. The street price of a virtual keyboard should be between €90 (US$83) and €150, she said.

First deliveries to retailers in Germany and the rest of Europe are planned for the second half of the year. If there is worldwide interest, then Siemens could sell the product to retailers worldwide, Winkler said.

© Copyright 2002 IDG News Service, International Data Group Inc. All rights reserved.a company in Germany called Virtual Keyboard

http://www.siemens.com/index.jsp?sdc_rh=null&sdc_flags=null&sdc_sectionid=0&sdc_secnavid...

Later called Siemens and inquired about Virtual Keyboard, never received any response.

A company in Hong Kong also claims that it has an exclusive distribution license from VKB. How many companies has VKB given exclusive distribution rights to? Does anybody know?