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September 25, 2005
NetworkWorld: VON Reporter's Notebook
Network World: VON Reporter's Notebook
Amongst the stories covered in this piece was another VON "first:"
"...Always connected: virtue or vice?
VON being a diverse show with attendees from all over the world, a group of orthodox Jewish men at the show managed to find a quite place on the exhibit floor to form a minyan, or orthodox prayer group. As the men bowed and prayed, one person in the group appeared to be thumbing a hand-held mobile communications device. One observer noted: "If you're going to make time in your schedule for prayers, just put the Treo away." ..."
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Posted by jeff on September 25, 2005 07:40 AM | Permalink
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i know this posting is already a year old, but i thought i'd let you know that the guy thumbing his handheld was probably reading the prayer off of his device. many jewish handheld users store grace, prayers, and even bible passages on their handheld.
Posted by: LISTMAN at September 6, 2006 06:01 PM