TOKYO (Reuters) - Is it a phone call, a text message
or simply time to make love?
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.
By tapping in data on menstruation dates, the user can
program 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 new phone comes after Japan's fertility rate --
the average number of children a woman bears in her
lifetime -- fell to an all-time low of 1.25 in 2005,
sparking worries about a shrinking population.
The phone was the idea of female designer Momoko
Ikuta, who also provided its pastel paisley look.
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.
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