January 16, 2007

New York City Kosher Restaurant Alert by SMS

sky5.jpg kosher-ny.com has launched a new service in New York city that helps users to find a Kosher restaurant by simply sending a text message. [via Mocoblog]

Search for Kosher restaurant information by text message straight to your cellular phone. Simply send a text message to eat@kosher-ny.com.

Put a partial restaurant name in the message body. You will receive a response with the restaurant address, cross street, phone number, type of establishment, and Kashrut certifier.

Put a Manhattan address or intersection in the message body You will receive a response with the name, address, phone number, and type of establishment of the four closest Kosher establishments.

Kosher and cell phone related:

-- The Kosher Phone, by Motorola - carrying the seal of approval from Israel's rabbinical authorities -- are stripped down to its original function: making and receiving calls.

-- Kosher voice navigation - MIRS, the maker of kosher phones* approved by the Haredi community, will offer a yiddish verbal navigation system.

-- Chicken Soup for your Cell Phone - MazelMobile aims to make your cell phone “more Jewish”

-- Yentatones - They're hilarious. Check them out! A personal favorite "You Dont Call, You Dont Write..." - for anyone who relates to a Jewish mother.

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