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Drop yer pet a line on the ol' dog 'n' bone
Barking mad mobile from JapanEngland may be the nation of dog lovers, but it took two Japanese companies to come up with this one -- a mobile phone for your dog or cat!
According to a number of reports in today's daily newspapers, Japanese scientists are ready to unleash tiny "pet mobiles" that slip under your pampered pooch or pussy's collar, allowing you to dial up your loved ones for a quick: "Who's a good boy then?"
A purrfect second application for the phones would be to locate missing pets.
The Sun newspaper said that one of the firms helping to develop the devices was Japanese telecomms giant NTT DoCoMo, although no trace of the project could be found on the company's web-site this morning.
Cue lots of jokes about the Japanese being barking mad etc...!