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iPhone and the Vatican

Tip of the hat to Jeff.

Vatican approves iPhone application
iBreviary brings prayers to Apple's handset

"The Vatican has lent its approval to an iPhone application ? with the iBreviary bringing the book of daily prayers to Apple's handset."

"The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications has given its seal of approval to the application, which was created by Italian priest Reverend Paolo Padrini with a little help from a web designer."

"So what does iBreviary give (aside from a better chance of salvation)? Well it's available in Italian, English, Spanish, French and, of course, Latin with Portuguese and German likely be included in version 1.1."

"A free trial period in Italian saw 10,000 downloads, but the application will now cost 74p with Padrini's proceeds going to charity. "

Now in some ways the Vatican can be considered a conservative institution although I have heard about e-mail absolutions, etc.

Are libraries more conservative?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).