It’s already the end of January and by now many New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and exercise more will have fallen by the wayside. Don’t fear, mobile help is at hand! Yesterday, Bandai Networks released a new GPS-enabled diet support application “Beauty Walker”.

“Beauty Walker” is an application which uses GPS to measure how far you’ve walked and displays how many calories you’ve burned. The application allows you to set goals of food that you want to eat and it will alert you when you’ve burned enough calories to eat it.

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# posted by Jan Kuczynski @ 9:24 am 0 comments

Have you ever received a message on your phone from someone special but weren’t sure whether the text represented their true feelings? It’s this kind of problem that Animo is trying to solve with its new i-mode service “Email Truth Checker” which is similar to the Feel*Mail handset function I posted on yesterday.

To use the service, you choose your gender and the relationship between you and the person whose message you want to analyse (you can chose from partner, crush, superior, family etc.). After you’ve uploaded the message in question, the system analyses the language used and rates the authenticity of the feelings expressed. The service also provides a detailed psycho-analysis of the writer and gives you tips on how to respond.

“Email Truth Checker” charges a monthly subscription of 105 yen (just under $1), which is cheaper than hiring a psychologist to read your emails…

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# posted by Jan Kuczynski @ 9:48 am 0 comments