She said, ''I'm now waiting for replies from five men to whom I recently proposed a chat. I expect to find Mr. Right in about a year. You get the information you want before you talk to people, so it gives you confidence. The service is certainly self-selecting. In Hong Kong, HSBC bank offers on-line banking on mobile phones.
Account holders can check their balance, transfer funds and trade stocks on the small screen.
From the other side of the Pacific Ocean, one may be tempted to lob unflattering observations. But the reality is that America, the cherished technology mecca, is left to feel surprisingly unsophisticated. Mobility used to be the watchword for sociologists describing postwar America. Mobility was America's Coke formula. And yet, when it comes to finding a blind date today, America's mobile millions are still no better off then when internet billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Steve Case couldn't afford to take their girlfriends out for a nice dinner.