May 13, 2003
Textual Intercourse
The Age reports on text-flirting in Australia becoming so popular, mobile operators are providing SMS dating services right and left. Anyone looking for a close encounter of the textual kind can connect to Luvshak, Optus' Speed Dating, Dating, DriverSMS, CosmicCupid, itexu, BlueSkySnog, Romantic SMS, Flirty SMS, Sexy SMS or Secret Admirer SMS.
And Australian night lifers have something to look forward to with the soon to launch "Time To Flirt service" party nights. A wildely popular concept in nightclubs from London (Virgin UK's SMS FlirtFest) to Lausanne (Swisscom's Flirt Parties), where texting clubbers send dozens of text messages a night to someone they've spotted across the dance floor.
But soon, knowing a person's phone number before attempting to seduce them by SMS, will not even be necessary, warns The Age: "Hide your mobile, because over the next 12 to 18 months, simply pointing an infrared device at an unsuspecting person on the bus will be enough to send them a playful witticism. It won't guarantee you'll get a date, though".
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