November 3, 2005
How cellphones may beat computers as a dating service
Cellphones are becoming devices not only for reaching people you know but for reaching people you don't know - yet. A must-read WSJ article on mobile dating (free access here).
..." Dating was a natural outgrowth of such communities, says David Friedensohn, chief executive officer of Upoc of New York, which has 40,000 texting communities. "We noticed that a large number of our users were devoted to flirting, dating and meeting people," he says. In July, Upoc launched its first dating service. Since then it has attracted about 25,000 subscribers, at $4.99 a week, he says.
Match.com, one of the largest online dating services, has offered such a service on cellphones since February 2003. Users can upload short profiles of themselves and search for matches by gender, age and geographic location by ZIP Codes, among other criteria. " ...
Above picture from text-dating.net
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