SMS Dating

Jam Texting - May 17 2004

The Scotsman counts the weird and wonderful ways to ensnare a mate, amongst which is a practice reffered to as jam texting, first written up in 2002 - but hasn't made the papers in a while - which conducted from a car while waiting in traffic, enables a mobile user to text someone interesting-looking in a car nearby.

How do you know their phone number? Thanks to Textjam' service which forwards the message onto the phone of the person you've spotted - if he/she has also a registered member of this service.

Text Before Marriage! - Dec 8 2003

A "Blind Text" dating game on an Irish an afternoon radio show - originally conceived by DJ Sonya Mac to amuse listeners stuck in home-coming traffic. has turned out to be a huge success with 300-400 texts exchanged every evening - and one couple stunning the popular radio presenter by announcing their engagement to be married. [Sunday Life]

Mobile Phone Marriage Portal Debuts in India - Nov 12 2003

Indians hunting for a sweetheart can now dispatch their profiles by mobile telephone to a Web site that promises to generate compatible matches, according to ZDNet.

"A marriage portal seeking to tap India's surging population of 25 million mobile phone users launched a new SMS text messaging service on Wednesday. Most marriages are arranged either through relatives or newspaper advertisements in the nation of more than one billion people who continue to be traditional in such matters, despite the inroads of modernity in large cities".

Silent Dating - All the Rage - Oct 31 2003

After speed dating, now silent dating is all the rage in Britain - where singles converse with new partners through e-mail, hand written notes and text messaging, according to an article in The Mirror.

"Silent parties" - are the latest dating trend for singletons. It might not sound like a bundle of laughs but, according to the organisers, it's one of the best ways of finding your Mr or Miss Right. And thousands of people are signing up for silent parties in bars and night-clubs across Britain after the idea crossed the Atlantic.

The guests are mostly career-minded professionals in their 20s and 30s, with jobs in law, medicine and media.

These people are too busy to find partners in the conventional way, and they find it easier to lose their inhibitions when they are writing things down, says Guy Holmes, 28, a restaurant manager who regularly organises silent dating parties.

"You might put something in a text which you wouldn't dream of saying directly to someone's face".

Swelling Dating Club Rings Money Bells for Cellcos - Oct 13 2003

In India, virtual mobile dating is proving to be as appealing to subscribers as to mobile phone operators, reports the Economic Times.

"Mobile dating services, followed by ringtones have not only emerged the most popular SMS applications in India, but are big revenue generators too, increasing revenues by up to 80%.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, despite the majority of users being under 25, more than 50% of revenue comes from users over 25 years of age, with those