Reliance Infocomm Announces Another First...

[Arun 795]

DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai, November 10, 2004

As an offering dedicated to the Children of India, on the occasion of Children's Day, Reliance Infocomm has announced another first in India by launching the first ever Mobile Data Application suite for Children, 'KidzWorld', on R World, the data application suite of Reliance IndiaMobile 'KidzWorld' offers first ever mobile platform for Children to access a plethora of information that can sharpen their skills in mathematics, vocabulary, current affairs etc and will bring a new world of learning with fun.

'KidzWorld'provides a number of interesting applications such as 'Whiz Kid' which sharpen kid's skills in mathematics, wildlife, current affairs, cartoons etc.; 'Word Wizard' with plenty of spells to boost your child's vocabulary; 'Fact Monster', a treasure trove of information appealing to kids; 'Trouble For U', an application that plays pranks on your mobile and 'Games Garage'. An aptly designed mascot of KidzWorld, 'Bubble and Trouble' adds a zing to the entire offering.

"Children are a hugely growing interest group of R World users on the RIM Platform. Children being inherently Internet savvy, we now make their interaction with the mobile phone more meaningful with KidzWorld, which provides an Edutainment platform with a 'learning-with-fun' experience. This special initiative is targeted at children in the age group of 5 to15 years with supervised and independent browsing / usage of mobile applications," says Mahesh Prasad, Head - Applications and Solutions Group, Reliance Infocomm.

KidzWorld mascots 'Bubble and Trouble' will be celebrating their birthday on November 14 and a digital party has been organised to celebrate their birthday on 21st November 2004 at Reliance WebWorlds in 6 cities viz Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. Children participating in 'Be a Champ' contest organised under the KidzWorld application on R World stand a chance to get invited to this digital party and participate in Online Gaming and Fancy Dress competitions. Besides correct entries gets a chance to win attractive prizes including Bubble/Trouble T Shirts, Friendship bands and Little Genius packs.

KidzWorld

Background Information

KidzWorld suite of mobile data application has following interesting applications:

1. Whizkid

2. FactMonster

3. Word Wizard

4. TroubleForU

5. GamesGarage

6. Be a Champ

Whiz Kid is a quiz based application with quiz topics carefully selected to appeal to children to test their knack for math, cartoons, wildlife, and more. It is a comprehensive digital quiz archive for information seeking children. It offers an interesting quiz on various subjects. Users can attempt this quiz in different segments, or 'round' formats like Rapid Fire, Regular and Knock Out. The child can choose from various topics such as Cartoons, ScienceSoup, What's On, Wildlife, Historeum, Sports, MathMate, BrainCandy, NaturePlay, Mythology, FilmNMusic, CompuCraze and BrainWave. These topics throw up both India specific as well as international questions. There are three different difficulty levels for different age groups of children. This will appeal to kids being an easy and attractive way to test for self-knowledge and prepare for quizzes.

FactMonster is a treasure trove of information, on all you wanted to know about your favourite pastimes like Pok'emon and Harry Potter. It lets you check facts about your favorite country, game or any topic under the sun. It is a Searchable Encyclopaedia with topics that would interest children such as Cartoons like Pokemon, books like Harry Potter, Sci fi like Space and computers and more. This comprehensive digital encyclopedia offers information on various subjects, with a brief description of the subject identified. Users can do a search on various hot topics and find out about historical events and more all in one vast database designed for both depth of content and simplicity of interface. It has sub menus such as Month Buzz, that provides information on a topical subject and Crazy Facts, that provides amazing facts. It would help in building a good foundation of knowledge amongst children.

If you just found a word, and didn't know what it meant, make sure you try out Word Wizard. The Word Wizard Application provides meaning of any word along with its synonyms, Daily Buzzword and word translation to other languages. The user can find the equivalent of any English word in Hindi, French, German & Spanish language. Also French, German & Spanish words can be translated back to the corresponding English word. Daily Buzzword contains a word for the day along with its synonym and changes every day. Word Wizard application will prove to be a handy tool for users from all walks of life.

Since Children's day is round the corner, Bubble and Trouble have big plans for you. Participate in Be a Champ contest to get exciting goodies from Bubble and Trouble. They are celebrating their birthday on November 21 and you might stand a chance get invited to their bash.