Toss away your Love Getty and forget the formal o-miai (arranged meeting) -- matchmaking has gone hi-tech.
Video phones are the hottest new tools for singles looking for love. Lonely hearts are currently rushing to sign up for a mobile video telephone service that enables them to chat to strangers-cum-potential partners while simultaneously checking them out on the latest mobile phones' video screen.
Kyocera Corporation launched its visual phones back in July. When you make or receive a call, the 4-by-3-cm liquid crystal display acts as a screen that broadcasts live video (at two pictures a second) of the caller at the other end.