February 26, 2007
SMS service For traveling Jews
Juedische reports on a new SMS service for traditional Jews; launched by Linguistic Agents called Info Jew
"The SMS service to launch in March will allow Jews to use their cell phones to find synagogues, kosher restaurants, Chabad houses, mikvehs (ritual purification baths) as well as the exact times for prayers, Shabbatot and holidays anywhere in the world.
... The times of services, Shabbatot and holidays, as well as information such as data on local rabbis, Jewish tourist sites and Chabad houses will be added at a later stage, and will have coverage in Israel as well as in the rest of the world."
Related:
-- The Shabbat phone for isreali soldiers, minimizes Shabbat desecration - The Shabbatphone “minimizes Shabbat desecration” for military soldiers in the israelian army.
-- 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.
-- Cell phones for the Orthodox - An Israeli cellular phone company came out with a line catering to the fervently Orthodox community.
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