March 19, 200422 yr IF your potential partner for life walks past you in the street, it might be your mobile phone that makes the first move. Phone-assisted dating could be the next big thing on the singles market. US programmers have devised a system that allows two phones that detect their owners have similar interests, to communicate. Potential daters subscribe to the phone service, which stores a personal profile and information on what they want in a partner. If two people with enough similarities pass, the program tells the phones to communicate. The system uses Bluetooth technology, which is already built into many mobile phones and electronic devices. It allows two devices to make contact within a 10m radius. The program, called Serendipity, would tell phones to scan for nearby Bluetooth signals every 30 seconds. If it finds one connected to the program, it tells the database via the internet which phone it has found and if their owners match the phones communicate. According to New Scientist, users could decide if they just want to send their signal to people who are friends of friends, to avoid encounters with strangers.
March 19, 200422 yr are you happy to see me or is that your phone in your pocket? And it isn't my phone that's on vibrate
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