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As promised, I wanted to give you a preview of the iPhone Siddur application. I got it running on my phone, to test it. The icon was designed by our design and looks like this:
We need to make the "S" capital.
When you load it up by clicking on the icon, it defaults to the actual prayers. You can select the sect (only two right now):
Clicking deeper will then give you the actual options, morning, afternoon, evening, generic brachot, etc and then this is what an actual text looks like:
Yes, you can expand it by using the touch expand feature and you can change to landscape view.
That is all pretty standard stuff. The cool stuff I demo later, but here is a hint:
Siddur is what I showed above. Clicking on "Zmanim" will automatically figure out your location using the GPS tools. It will then figure out the various times you are allowed to say the specific prayers (earliest tallis, earliest teffila, mincha, etc.), automatically. And the "Mizrach" option is basically a compass, it will tell you which way is Jerusalem, so you know which way you should pray. That will come in handy when I go to conferences and I have no idea which way to stand.
I'll be showing off more previews soon, I hope.
Oh, I have a few more features in mind - that I won't be telling you just yet. But they will make this application a must have for all Jewish orthodox iPhone users.





Comments
Ok, this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. It's not going to make me go out and get an iPhone, but it is really amazing.
Great Job!
Posted by: Brother-in-Law | July 23, 2008 1:31 PM
very cool
what else u going to do
Posted by: SIDDUR | July 23, 2008 1:50 PM
Looks great. Are you charging for it ?
Posted by: Ron | July 23, 2008 2:55 PM
I think so. We are putting in a serious amount of work in this. So far, it has been a week and a half of development time.
I'm thinking $9.99.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 23, 2008 3:16 PM
We'll see what the "more features" are.
Posted by: Ron | July 23, 2008 4:09 PM
This is very interesting stuff... great idea! Hope it sells well :)
Posted by: Nick Stamoulis | July 23, 2008 4:09 PM
When do you think you'll have it ready? I know a bunch of other people will be coming out with something similar so you'll want to be first on the block.
I was using my Treo for the last 5 years (with Penticon Luach and Esh Siddur) and found those indespensible. Hopefully you'll incorporate all of their features in your software. $9.99 is a reasonable price and I'm sure you'll sell thousands of downloads. Good luck.
By the way, you should make the Ashkenaz/Sefard and option. I wouldn't want to have to enter that in every single time I used the phone. It's the kind of thing you set once and that's it It would slow down my use every single time.
paul
Posted by: Paul | July 23, 2008 4:36 PM
We are working as fast as we can. We can launch the siddur right now. The zmanim is being worked on now. I don't want to launch just with the siddur... Or maybe ill launch a lite version with just siddur?
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 23, 2008 4:58 PM
So proud!!!
Posted by: wife | July 23, 2008 7:36 PM
Will you be able to use the app to find a minyan? Basically 9 other men the GPS can tell are close to you and all mark themselves as looking for a minyan.
Posted by: Sarit | July 24, 2008 7:07 AM
Hi There
Great Job, for sure!
However do you know if a Sephardi Nusach will be set ? At what price ?
Toda !
Posted by: Michael | July 29, 2008 9:20 AM
What do you mean Michael. will be set?
Price is $9.99 when it comes out.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 29, 2008 9:27 AM
Sorry, excuse my french.
I meant "available".
As I noticed a Sfard and Ashkenazi but not a Sephardi.
Kol Touv
Posted by: Michael | July 29, 2008 12:10 PM
As soon as Apple approves it. :)
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 29, 2008 12:10 PM
Will it work on the ITouch?
Posted by: Stan | July 31, 2008 9:59 AM
Stan, yes - it should.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 31, 2008 10:09 AM
This would be one stop shopping for me if you could integrate the functions of Luach (from Penticon) and a Daf Yomi calendar. I'll be on the lookout for this.
Posted by: Jerry Fensterstock | August 3, 2008 9:48 AM