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Never Miss Another Sports Score - Up to the Minute NBA and NFL Scores Available Via SMS on All Cell Phones
[December 07, 2004]

Never Miss Another Sports Score - Up to the Minute NBA and NFL Scores Available Via SMS on All Cell Phones


BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Synfonic Inc., a leading provider of on-demand data services for wireless phones, today launched a new sports-score SMS search engine, allowing National Football League (NFL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) fans to search for up-to-the-minute sports scores from their cell phones. Sports fans torn away from their TV or radio will now be able to send a simple text message to Synfonics Sports Search Engine with the league and initials of the city where the team plays and Synfonic's search engine will quickly return a text message with the latest score. If the game is not currently in progress, Synfonic Sports will return the game time so fans can catch their favorite games.


"We've all been in situations where work or life interferes with our sports viewing schedules," said Sanjay Beri, co-founder, president and chief strategy officer of Synfonic. "Our new sports score search engine takes away some of the pain by allowing fans to check in on games. Whether you are in a meeting, at a Saturday wedding, or shopping with your partner, you can surreptitiously stay abreast of professional sports scores through your cell phone."
Synfonic currently offers a score service with text messages, but as cell phones become more sophisticated and handle video clips, the company will be able to offer fans short video clips of crucial points in any game along with information on the scores. Scores for other leagues will be available as their season begins.
How to use Synfonic SMS Sports Search Engine service:
Synfonic's SMS search engine is available at 1.650.430.7183. Simply send a text message to this number with the word "sports," the sports league initials, and city where the team plays. For example, to find the scores for the Oakland Raiders vs. Denver Bronco's game send a message to the search engine with "Sports NFL Oakland." You can also use 3 letter city initials such as OAK and DEN to get the same result. Look in your SMS inbox for the latest scores. You can localize and personalize this service at http://www.synfonic.com/ by setting your preferences and selecting your own short cuts and location to cut down on typing.
About Synfonic
Synfonic is a Silicon Valley-based developer of on-demand information services for cell phone users. Using its mobile services platform, Synfonic brings the power of the Internet to mobile handsets by stripping and formatting Web content to fit cell phones. For more information on Synfonic and its services, please visit http://www.synfonic.com/.
Synfonic Inc.


CONTACT: TJ Morey of Synfonic Inc., +1-510-543-4759, [email protected]



Web site: http://www.synfonic.com/

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