Bhubaneswar, Aug. 23: What happens when a software professional gets a delayed e-card? He creates a software application to make sure that in the future his greetings get him on time.

Samir Dash (25) working as a systems consultant for a city IT firm, was in the countryside when a friend sent him an e-card for his birthday. Caught in an area minus Internet facility, Samir wished he could receive his card on the mobile. So he went ahead to conceptualise Mobilewish, a unique software application that can be used to send and receive animated and customised e-greetings on GPRS-enabled mobile phones with Internet connection.

Through this programme, greetings can reach one handset from another along with its interactive content, animation, sound, and visual effects, all intact. “E-greetings using mobile phones is an entirely a new concept,” said the young web-developer from Rourkela.

Until now, e-greetings, not a customised card, could only be sent through MMS. Samir built his application using Adobe Flash Lite technology, a mobile version of Adobe’s web technology Flash. This technology delivers rich graphics and supports interactive content to desktop computers. “Currently, more than 30 models of Nokia phones support this application and upcoming models of Sony Ericsson and LG are likely to support it, too,” Samir said.

The software can be downloaded from his website www.mobilewish.com. Using the software one can select a card available in the gallery and send it to the recipient’s e-mail and mobile number. The latest version of MobileWish was introduced in July 2007. With already more than 3,000 users from across the world, the software has been quite a hit.

“I put in five hours daily for four months to develop it,” said Dash, who won the 2006-Flash Lite Application Contest. Dash is currently working on more products using Flash Lite technology.