Now comes rhythm method cellphone
Its new software for cellphones is a fertility calculation programme that warns women when to fend off amorous husbands, as a night of passion is likely to lead to pregnancy.
It could also prove a hit with couples who are eager to conceive, by calculating the best time based on the woman’s monthly cycles.
The software even offers helpful gems such as, “Today you have the highest probability of having a boy.” It tells you when your son would be born and under what star sign.
The horoscope details have been included to appeal to westerners, as the oriental version gives mothers the animal sign for the year in which their offspring would be born.
The pregnancy planning software is a bit of a gimmick and is obviously no replacement for consulting a family planning specialist, admits XCome director Raymond Chen.
But it was proving to be a popular attraction at the CommunicAsia technology fair in Singapore last week.
Taiwan-based XCome makes most of its money from instant messaging software. Now Chen is hoping to consummate some deals to supply the fertility programme to cellular network operators around the world.
The software took two developers about three months to create and, so far, XCome has struck deals with network operators in Thailand and China to offer the service for downloading.
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