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‘Social’ phones to reveal all about your caller

By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco

Published: September 20 2009 17:35 | Last updated: September 20 2009 17:35

Forget caller ID. A coming wave of “social” mobile phones is likely to tell you everything you ever wanted to know and more about the person calling you.

An application called Robo.to, available in the fourth quarter on the iPhone and handsets that run Google’s Android operating system, offers a stream of information about callers, including personal videos, photos and their current location.

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