Cellphone makers seek new ways to get cheating husbands, wives off hook

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Makers of new-style video mobile phones said yesterday that they are looking at ways of getting errant husbands and wives off the hook if a spouse calls at an awkward time.

If the technology succeeds, a special setting will allow owners of third-generation (3G) phones to select the background of their choice before answering a call.

The breakthrough might allow a husband who is in a bar to answer the call with a photograph of the office in the background.

Alternatively, a wife who wants her husband to believe she is at home would be able to project an image of the living room as a backdrop at the flick of a switch.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/02/29/2003100579

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