Video phones act as dating tools
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New sites like SpeedDate, WooMe and Crazy Blind Date bring online dating into the Web 2.0 era.
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When users log onto Google Calendar from their Web-capable mobile phone, they see appointments with date, time, location and description.
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Mobile phone text messages are changing the way people approach romantic relationships, according to a survey published in the British newspaper The Times.
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HONG KONG - There&#39;s a new service for men seeking true love. A software company has created an artificial girlfriend that lonely men can download to a mobile phone.
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Australian mobile telephone users may be able to buy and woo virtual dates this year after the release of a Virtual Girlfriend game for 3G mobile telephones.
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By Rhodri Marsden  Even fairly recently, a personal videophone was some absurdly futuristic sci-fi vision, akin to strapping on a jetpack or having a robot do your ironing. But if you have a newer model of mobile phone and a 3G network connection, it may be within reach.
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A Hong Kong company has developed a virtual girlfriend for cell phones with video capability. Also: RealNetworks offers paid internet content & hellip;.Vodafone, Nokia team up to simplify mobile software & hellip;. and more.
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Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have been boons for teenagers looking for new friends and people trying to find dates. Now the technology, which lets liked-minded people find each other online, is trickling into investing.
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Over a quarter of a billion people will be using mobile dating and chatroom services by 2012, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
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She needs to be coddled with sweet talk and pampered with gifts, but you'll never see her in the flesh. A Hong Kong company has developed a "virtual girlfriend" for new cell phones with video capability.
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MILLIONS of women search the internet for information about a man before their first date, a survey has revealed.   They check Google, Friends Reunited, My-Space and newspaper sites for gossip or photos.
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Photos tagged with location data are becoming popular, and new devices are tapping into the trend by offering GPS features.
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Hand-held devices help settle disputes. (Look it up!)
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A videophone that lets home users see who they are talking to has been launched by Amstrad.
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While Internet dating services such as Match.com and Yahoo Personals represent the largest category of paid content online, the thrill may be waning for the once-torrid market. Have the online matchmakers done their job too well?
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Music, ringtones, cameras, browsers and other 'extras' have become the norm among mobile devices.