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  <p align="center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  January 25, 2008 </p>
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      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registration No. 333-</font></td>
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  <p align="center"><font size="2">UNITED STATES <br>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION <br>
  Washington, D.C. 20549 </font> </p>
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  <p align="center">FORM S-8</b> <br>
  </font><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </p>
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  <p align="center">Zi Corporation </b></font><i>
  <font FACE="Times New Roman" size="5"><br>
  </font><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Exact name of registrant as
  specified in its charter) </p>
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      Alberta, Canada</b></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b>Not
      Applicable</b></font></td>
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      (State or other jurisdiction of</i></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><i>(I.R.S.
      Employer</i></font></td>
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      incorporation or organization)</i></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><i>
      Identification No.)</i></font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
      2100, 840 - 7<sup>TH</sup> Avenue SW</b></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
      Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3G2</b></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b>T2P
      3G2</b></font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><i>
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</i></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="50%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><i>(Zip
      Code)</i></font></td>
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  <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
  <p align="center">Zi Corporation Stock Incentive Plan &#150; 2007 </b><i><br>
  (Full title of the plan) </p>
  </i></font><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
  <p ALIGN="CENTER">Thomas M. Rose, Esq. <br>
  Troutman Sanders LLP <br>
  222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 2000 <br>
  Virginia Beach, VA 23462 <br>
  (757) 687-7500 </b><i><br>
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  </p>
  <p align="center">The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all
  orders, notices and communications to: </p>
  </i><b>
  <p ALIGN="CENTER">Thomas M. Rose, Esq. <br>
  Troutman Sanders LLP <br>
  222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 2000 <br>
  Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462 <br>
  Telephone: (757) 687-7715 <br>
  Facsimile: (757) 687-1529</b> </p>
  <b>
  <p align="center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</b> </p>
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      <td WIDTH="26%">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      Proposed</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      Proposed</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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      <p align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title of</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amount
      to be</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">maximum
      offering</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">maximum
      aggregate</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amount
      of</font></td>
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      <p align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">securities to be
      registered</font></td>
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      registered <sup>1</sup></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">price
      per share <sup>2</sup></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      offering price <sup>2</sup></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      registration fee</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="26%">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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      <p align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Shares (no par
      value)</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      7,583,693 shares</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="18%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$0.72</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      $5,460,258.96</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="19%" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$214.59</font></td>
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  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), this registration statement also covers an
  indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and issued to
  prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions as provided in the plan described herein. </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act,
  the offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of Zi
  Corporation's common shares on January 17, 2008 as reported by the NASDAQ
  Capital Market, which was $0.72 per share. </p>
  <hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'><b>
  <p align="center">Part I &#166; Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</b>
  </p>
  <p align="justify">Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Plan Information</u>.* </p>
  <p align="justify">Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Registrant Information and
  Employee Plan Annual Information</u>.* </p>
  <p align="justify">* The information required by Part I to be contained in the
  Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in
  accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428. </p>
  <b>
  <p align="center">Part II &#166; Information Required in the Registration Statement
  </p>
  </b>
  <p align="justify">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Incorporation of Documents
  by Reference</u>. </p>
  <p align="justify" style="margin-left: 50">Zi Corporation (the &quot;Registrant&quot;)
  hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following
  documents: </p>
  <p ALIGN="justify" style="text-indent: -25; margin-left: 75">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; The
  Registrant's annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 000-24018), as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;) on April 3, 2007 and as
  amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F (File No. 000-24018) as filed with the
  Commission on June 19, 2007; </p>
  <p ALIGN="justify" style="text-indent: -25; margin-left: 75">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; All
  other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), since the end of the
  fiscal year covered by the annual report, as amended, filed with the Commission
  on April 3, 2007 incorporated by reference herein pursuant to (a) above; and </p>
  <p ALIGN="justify" style="text-indent: -25; margin-left: 75">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp; The
  description of the Registrant's common shares contained in the Registrant's
  registration statement on Form 40-F filed with the Commission on April 28, 1994,
  including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
  description. </p>
  <p ALIGN="justify" style="text-indent: 50">All documents filed by the Registrant
  pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and, to the
  extent, if at all, designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K furnished to
  the Commission by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this registration
  statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which
  indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all such securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part
  hereof from their respective dates of filing. Any statement contained in this
  registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the
  extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document which is, or
  is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
  statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
  as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
  statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
  contained in this registration statement, or in any other subsequently filed
  document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies
  or supersedes such statement. </p>
  <p align="justify">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Description of Securities</u>.
  </p>
  <p align="justify" style="margin-left: 50">Not applicable.<b> </p>
  </b>
  <p align="justify">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Interests of Named Experts
  and Counsel</u>. </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 50">The validity of the issuance of the
  Registrant's Common Shares offered hereby has been passed on by Jason Paul,
  Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant. As of January 23, 2008, Mr. Paul held
  options to purchase 90,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Shares, of which
  options to purchase 23,333 shares of the Registrant's Common Shares were
  exercisable. </p>
  <p align="justify">Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Indemnification of
  Directors and Officers</u>. </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 50">The Registrant's bylaws provide that,
  subject to the Alberta Business Corporations Act (the &quot;ABCA&quot;), the Registrant
  shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person
  who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer of
  another entity of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and
  such person's heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and
  expenses reasonably incurred by such person in respect of certain actions or
  proceedings to which such person is made a party by reason of such person's
  office, if such person met certain specified standards of conduct and shall also
  indemnify any such person in such other circumstances as the ABCA or law permits
  or requires. </p>
  </font><hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 50">Under the ABCA, except in respect of
  an action by or on the Registrant's behalf to procure a judgment in its favor,
  the Registrant may indemnify a present or former director or officer or a person
  who acts or acted at its request as a director or officer of another corporation
  of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and such person's
  heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses,
  including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
  incurred by such person in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative
  action or proceeding to which such person is made a party by reason of such
  person's position with the Registrant and provided that the director or officer
  acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the Registrant's best interests,
  and, in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is
  enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing that such
  person's conduct was lawful. Such indemnification may be made in connection with
  a derivative action only with court approval and subject to the person seeking
  indemnity satisfying the conditions set forth above. A director or officer is
  entitled to indemnification from the Registrant as a matter of right if such
  person was substantially successful on the merits and fulfilled the conditions
  set forth above and is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity. </p>
  <p style="margin-left: 50">The Registrant currently maintains directors' and
  officers' insurance.<b> </b></p>
  <p>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Exemption from Registration Claimed</u>.
  </p>
  <p style="margin-left: 50">Not applicable.<b> </p>
  </b>
  <p>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Exhibits</u>. </p>
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      <td WIDTH="153"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><u>Exhibit Number</u></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="833"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><u>Description</u></font></td>
    </tr>
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      <td WIDTH="153">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="833">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="153"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      <p style="margin-left: 20">4.1</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="833"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Zi Corporation Stock
      Incentive Plan &#150; 2007*</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="153"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      <p style="margin-left: 20">5.1</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="833"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Jason Paul,
      Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant*</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="153"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      <p style="margin-left: 20">23.1</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="833"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Jason Paul,
      Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant, included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto*</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="153"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      <p style="margin-left: 20">23.2</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="833"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Deloitte &amp;
      Touche LLP, Independent Registered Chartered Accountants*</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="153"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      <p style="margin-left: 20">24.1</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="833"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Powers of Attorney
      (included on the signature page of this registration statement)</font></td>
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  <p>* Filed herewith </p>
  <p>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Undertakings</u>.<b> </p>
  </b>
  <p style="text-indent: -25; margin-left: 75">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rule 415
  Offerings. </p>
  <p style="margin-left: 75">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </p>
  <p style="margin-left: 75">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or
  sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  </p>
  <p style="margin-left: 100">(i) To include any prospectus required by section
  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left: 100">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration
  statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
  registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
  offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
  Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
  and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
  price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective
  registration statement; and </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left: 100">(iii) To include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
  the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
  registration statement; </p>
  <hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'><i>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left: 75">Provided, however</i>, that
  paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
  be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
  pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left: 75">(2) That, for the purpose of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </p>
  <p style="margin-left: 75">(3) To remove from registration by means of a
  post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
  unsold at the termination of the offering. </p>
  <p style="text-indent: -25; margin-left: 75">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; Filings
  Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference. </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left: 75">The undersigned Registrant hereby
  undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
  section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
  employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
  Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof. </p>
  <p style="text-indent: -25; margin-left: 75">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp; Request for
  Acceleration of Effective Date or Filing of Registration Statement Becoming
  Effective Upon Filing. </p>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-left: 75">Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </p>
  <hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'><b>
  <p align="center">SIGNATURES </p>
  </b>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 50">Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
  to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Calgary, Province of
  Alberta, Canada on November 8, 2007. </p>
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      <td height="15" width="493"></td>
      <td height="15" width="493"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b>ZI
      CORPORATION</b></font></td>
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      <td height="15" width="493"></td>
      <td height="15" width="493"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
      (Registrant)</font></td>
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    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="493" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="493" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
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      <td WIDTH="493" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="493" height="15"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <u>/s/ Milos Djokovic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </u></font></td>
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      <td height="15" width="493"></td>
      <td height="15" width="493"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:
      Milos Djokovic</font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="493" height="8"></td>
      <td WIDTH="493" height="8"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:
      President and Chief Executive Officer</font></td>
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  </table>
  <b>
  <p align="center">POWERS OF ATTORNEY </p>
  </b>
  <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 50">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
  each individual whose signature appears below constitutes Milos Djokovic and
  Blair Mullin each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
  with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to
  this Form S-8 and to file the same with exhibits thereto, and all documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
  do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
  in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </p>
  <p style="text-indent: 50">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
  1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in
  the capacities and on the date indicated. </p>
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      <p style="margin-left: 45pt"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15">
      <p style="margin-left: 45pt"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b><u>
      Signature</u></b></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15">
      <p style="margin-left: 45pt"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="15" valign="top" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b><u>
      Title</u></b></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><b><u>Date</u></b></font></td>
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      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Milos Djokovic</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="34" rowspan="2" valign="top"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President,
      Chief Executive Officer and a
      Director (principal
      executive officer)</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November
      8, 2007</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Milos Djokovic</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Blair Mullin</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="34" rowspan="2" valign="top"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief
      Financial Officer (principal
      financial and accounting officer)</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November
      8, 2007</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Blair Mullin</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ George C. Tai</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="34" rowspan="2" valign="top"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman
      of the Board of Directors</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November
      8, 2007</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">George C. Tai</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Andrew Gertler</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="15" valign="top"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November
      8, 2007</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Andrew Gertler</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ H. Donald Hyde</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="15" valign="top"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November
      8, 2007</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">H. Donald Hyde</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Donald Pierce Moore</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="15" valign="top"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November
      8, 2007</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Donald Pierce Moore</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="19" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="16"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="16"></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="16"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="16" valign="top"></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="16" align="center"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="15" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Robert Stefanski</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="15"></td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="15" valign="top"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="28%" height="15" align="center"><font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November
      8, 2007</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="21%" height="19" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1">
      <font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert Stefanski</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="9%" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="32%" height="19" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
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  <hr color="#000000" size="5"><p Style='page-break-before:always'><b>
  <p align="center">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</b> </p>
  <p style="text-indent: 50">Pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of
  1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in the
  capacity of the duly authorized representative of Zi Corporation in the United
  States on November 8, 2007. </p>
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text: Zi Corporation: Form S-8 - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  January 25, 2008
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Zi Corporation
  (Exact name of registrant as
  specified in its charter)
  Alberta, Canada
  Not
      Applicable
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S.
      Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  2100, 840 - 7
  TH
  Avenue SW
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3G2
  T2P
      3G2
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip
      Code)
  Zi Corporation Stock Incentive Plan – 2007
  (Full title of the plan)
  Thomas M. Rose, Esq.
  Troutman Sanders LLP
  222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 2000
  Virginia Beach, VA 23462
  (757) 687-7500
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all
  orders, notices and communications to:
  Thomas M. Rose, Esq.
  Troutman Sanders LLP
  222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 2000
  Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
  Telephone: (757) 687-7715
  Facsimile: (757) 687-1529
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Title of
  Amount
      to be
  maximum
      offering
  maximum
      aggregate
  Amount
      of
  securities to be
      registered
  registered
  1
  price
      per share
  2
  offering price
  2
  registration fee
  Common Shares (no par
      value)
  7,583,693 shares
  $0.72
  $5,460,258.96
  $214.59
  (1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an
  indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and issued to
  prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions as provided in the plan described herein.
  (2) Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act,
  the offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of Zi
  Corporation's common shares on January 17, 2008 as reported by the NASDAQ
  Capital Market, which was $0.72 per share.
  Part I ¦ Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
  Item 1.
  Plan Information
  .*
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and
  Employee Plan Annual Information
  .*
  * The information required by Part I to be contained in the
  Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in
  accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428.
  Part II ¦ Information Required in the Registration Statement
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents
  by Reference
  .
  Zi Corporation (the "Registrant")
  hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following
  documents:
  (a)   The
  Registrant's annual report on Form 20-F (File No. 000-24018), as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 3, 2007 and as
  amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F (File No. 000-24018) as filed with the
  Commission on June 19, 2007;
  (b)   All
  other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the
  fiscal year covered by the annual report, as amended, filed with the Commission
  on April 3, 2007 incorporated by reference herein pursuant to (a) above; and
  (c)   The
  description of the Registrant's common shares contained in the Registrant's
  registration statement on Form 40-F filed with the Commission on April 28, 1994,
  including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.
  All documents filed by the Registrant
  pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and, to the
  extent, if at all, designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K furnished to
  the Commission by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this registration
  statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which
  indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all such securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part
  hereof from their respective dates of filing. Any statement contained in this
  registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the
  extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document which is, or
  is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
  statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
  as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
  statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
  contained in this registration statement, or in any other subsequently filed
  document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies
  or supersedes such statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts
  and Counsel
  .
  The validity of the issuance of the
  Registrant's Common Shares offered hereby has been passed on by Jason Paul,
  Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant. As of January 23, 2008, Mr. Paul held
  options to purchase 90,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Shares, of which
  options to purchase 23,333 shares of the Registrant's Common Shares were
  exercisable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of
  Directors and Officers
  .
  The Registrant's bylaws provide that,
  subject to the Alberta Business Corporations Act (the "ABCA"), the Registrant
  shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person
  who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer of
  another entity of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and
  such person's heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and
  expenses reasonably incurred by such person in respect of certain actions or
  proceedings to which such person is made a party by reason of such person's
  office, if such person met certain specified standards of conduct and shall also
  indemnify any such person in such other circumstances as the ABCA or law permits
  or requires.
  Under the ABCA, except in respect of
  an action by or on the Registrant's behalf to procure a judgment in its favor,
  the Registrant may indemnify a present or former director or officer or a person
  who acts or acted at its request as a director or officer of another corporation
  of which the Registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and such person's
  heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses,
  including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
  incurred by such person in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative
  action or proceeding to which such person is made a party by reason of such
  person's position with the Registrant and provided that the director or officer
  acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the Registrant's best interests,
  and, in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is
  enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing that such
  person's conduct was lawful. Such indemnification may be made in connection with
  a derivative action only with court approval and subject to the person seeking
  indemnity satisfying the conditions set forth above. A director or officer is
  entitled to indemnification from the Registrant as a matter of right if such
  person was substantially successful on the merits and fulfilled the conditions
  set forth above and is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.
  The Registrant currently maintains directors' and
  officers' insurance.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  .
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  4.1
  Zi Corporation Stock
      Incentive Plan – 2007*
  5.1
  Opinion of Jason Paul,
      Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant*
  23.1
  Consent of Jason Paul,
      Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant, included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto*
  23.2
  Consent of Deloitte &
      Touche LLP, Independent Registered Chartered Accountants*
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney
      (included on the signature page of this registration statement)
  * Filed herewith
  Item 9.
  Undertakings
  .
  (a)    Rule 415
  Offerings.
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or
  sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by section
  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration
  statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
  registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
  offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
  Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
  and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
  price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
  registration statement; and
  (iii) To include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
  the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
  registration statement;
  Provided, however
  , that
  paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
  be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
  pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
  incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a
  post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
  unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)   Filings
  Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference.
  The undersigned Registrant hereby
  undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
  section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
  employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
  Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
  deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (h)   Request for
  Acceleration of Effective Date or Filing of Registration Statement Becoming
  Effective Upon Filing.
  Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
  to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Calgary, Province of
  Alberta, Canada on November 8, 2007.
  ZI
      CORPORATION
  (Registrant)
  By:
  /s/ Milos Djokovic
  Name:
      Milos Djokovic
  Title:
      President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
  each individual whose signature appears below constitutes Milos Djokovic and
  Blair Mullin each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
  with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to
  this Form S-8 and to file the same with exhibits thereto, and all documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
  do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
  in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
  1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in
  the capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Milos Djokovic
  President,
      Chief Executive Officer and a
      Director (principal
      executive officer)
  November
      8, 2007
  Milos Djokovic
  /s/ Blair Mullin
  Chief
      Financial Officer (principal
      financial and accounting officer)
  November
      8, 2007
  Blair Mullin
  /s/ George C. Tai
  Chairman
      of the Board of Directors
  November
      8, 2007
  George C. Tai
  /s/ Andrew Gertler
  Director
  November
      8, 2007
  Andrew Gertler
  /s/ H. Donald Hyde
  Director
  November
      8, 2007
  H. Donald Hyde
  /s/ Donald Pierce Moore
  Director
  November
      8, 2007
  Donald Pierce Moore
  /s/ Robert Stefanski
  Director
  November
      8, 2007
  Robert Stefanski
  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
  Pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of
  1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in the
  capacity of the duly authorized representative of Zi Corporation in the United
  States on November 8, 2007.
  /s/ Blair Mullin
  Blair Mullin
  Chief Financial
      Officer