Mobile phone gone meshuga!

Whoops, where did the time go? We are nearly in the middle of November already and the Gregorian calendar year is reaching its end sooner than you would think.

I was in Holland last weekend, meeting up with my sweetheart once again. While he was busy working on some essays to write, I took the time to explore my outdated and much mocked Nokia Lumia 710 with the Windows 7 operating system.

It hadn't occurred to me before that "Marketplace" is equal to "AppStore" on the Windows phone. And behold - what a new world of applications opened in front of my eyes! Some people have taken the time and effort to create even Jewish apps. Talking about creating marginal products to a marginal phone :).

It was only a matter of minutes until my phone was all jewed-up:

• I can now revise the Hebrew alphabet with the help of this smart phone.
• Check which date and month it is in the Jewish calendar.
• There's also an app to support Hebrew vocabulary learning.
• A Hebrew keyboard to enhance my typing skills - although the sms-function flips the letters then to go from left to right...
• A Shofar app (and I know just the person who I could annoy the crap out of by playing the sound non-stop...).
• Kosher or Not app whenever I wonder if e.g. elk meat is good to go for Jews.
• A Hanukkiah app that kindly reminds of an exact date when candles can be started to lit - in the smart phone.
• And last but least - the Dreidel Premium! Just tap the screen and find out if you get everything or nothing...

All these apps for instance were totally free, and there's more, like Jerusalem or Tel Aviv city guides. If you're willing to chip in a euro or two, the variety to choose from is even bigger. Suddenly, my phone is like all new and exciting again, and I only dare to imagine the selection for this kind of apps for the masses on iTunes!

(www.windowsphone.com)