Play cricket via your mobile

NAGPUR: Mauj, an international mobile content, information services, and technology company, has announced the launch of a new wireless java game called 'Ricky Ponting Cricket 2004'.

The game, which was developed over four months, features scenario based play, realistic sound effects and international teams. The user selects his team and his opponent team and has to bat his team to victory as per the match scenario. The phone keys are mapped to the corresponding cricket shots in real cricketing world. The game is available for more than 75 different handsets and distributed worldwide through mobile operators and portals.

Mauj Head Arun Gupta said, "Our experience over the last few months has indicated that wireless games based on real sports have a huge demand."

After successfully releasing games based on tennis, ski, bowling, cricket was the next frontier. It was especially challenging due to the detailed nature of the sport itself, he says.

"However, with a lot of hard work and Australian Cricket team captain Ricky Ponting's participation, we have created a truly enjoyable game which we hope will, besides providing entertainment, promote the sport as well", says Gupta.

Mauj is a Wireless value added services company offering services in three areas - mobile entertainment (games, wallpapers, themes, MMS, ringtones), mobile content and applications (news, sports, dating, matrimonial) and mobile technology (middleware, roaming, SMS gateways).

The company develops services on all leading platforms including J2ME, Smartphone, Symbian, SS7 and I-Mode.

(CyberMedia News)