October 31, 2006
Japan phone alerts couples to baby-making window
A new mobile phone available through Japan's NTT DoCoMo can ring to let would-be mothers know when they reach the most fertile part of their monthly reproductive cycles, reports Reuters.
"By tapping in data on menstruation dates, the user can programme the phone to alert her three days before ovulation and again on the day. The company warns that the calculations are based on average cycles.
... The handset provides several other functions designed to appeal to women, such as a recipe database and a button on the side that sets off a "camouflage melody", allowing the user to avoid unwanted attention by pretending to receive a call."
This is not new, previously China launched a pink phone to help monitor menstrual cycles and an SMS service from UK family planing, Mother and Baby, launched a "Time for Sex" text alert as early as 2001.
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