Jewish Content For The PDA (Blackberry, iPhone, etc.)
Guest Post from DJ EverAfter:
Thanks to the blogmaster for letting me guest post. Shout out to fellow frumhackers with smart phones. You’re paying out the nose for this fancy shmancy gadget and who knows what for your data plan, so you might as well be able to at least replace a couple books with it, right?
The Internet is replete with Jewish content for smart phones (BlackBerrys, Palms, Treos, iPhones, etc), but today I want to plug my favorite: http://www.jewishcontent.org/. Jewish Content doesn’t just have the full siddur (shacharit, mincha, maariv, and rosh chodesh) in four different nuschaot (Ashkenazi, Edut HaMizrach, Sfard, and Ari), it also features some serious Torah, including, but not limited to, all of Tanach (including Chumash with the Targum for Shnayim Mikre, as well as several mefarshim in full), all of the Mishnah and Talmud Bavli, Rambam’s Mishnah Torah, and all four turim of Shulchan Aruch. For the more Lubavitch-inclined, they feature the Tanya, Hayom Yom, Likutei Sichos, and Toras Menachem. There are some pretty nutty things up there; while writing this I realized they have the entire Sefer HaChinuch! And all, of course, for free.
Speaking for BlackBerry users, installation is simple; the instructions are delineated on the site and can be done via computer or OTA. I must say I am not a fan of the font they picked, and while the navigation is easy to master, it falls short of the type of sophistication the rest of your device features. But that hardly detracts from the sheer volume of texts and general ease of use.
Two thumbs way up from this user!
Direct link to PDA site: http://www.jewishcontent.org/pda/
Do check out the iPhone Siddur at http://www.rustybrick.com/iphone-siddur.php
thanks for a great post!
Does this work on blackverry
Yes
More Jewish apps iPhone, Android and BlackBerry you will find at http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org.Check it out.