New uses for cell phones

You've probably noticed that the cell phone is being positioned as the all-purpose information appliance of the 21st century. People around the world use it to play games, look up stuff online, organize political protests, buy stuff from vending machines and photograph crime suspects. A friend of mine even used hers as a remote control to open her apartment building's door to admit delivery people when she was out.

But some recent reports suggest that they can help remedy body image issues as well.

Japan's Mainichi Daily News reports on an inventor who claims to have created a ringtone that increases women's breast size.

Meanwhile, Reuters reports that researchers in Germany have developed a cell phone that can tell you if you have bad breath.