Friday, March 31, 2006
`Kosher phones’ to U.S. Jewish and Arab market
Israeli manufacturers of a “kosher cell phone” that blocks pictures and ads are considering bringing it to U.S. and Arab markets.
Mirs, an Israeli subsidiary of Motorola, has sold 20,000 of the phones to fervently Orthodox Jews, The Associated Press reported this week. The technology limits the phones to incoming and outgoing calls and prevents upgrades. It also blocks about 10,000 numbers offering sex and other services.
U.S. Orthodox Jews and conservative Arabs, operating through Jordanian businessmen, have expressed interest in the technology.
http://jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=2031
Israeli manufacturers of a “kosher cell phone” that blocks pictures and ads are considering bringing it to U.S. and Arab markets.
Mirs, an Israeli subsidiary of Motorola, has sold 20,000 of the phones to fervently Orthodox Jews, The Associated Press reported this week. The technology limits the phones to incoming and outgoing calls and prevents upgrades. It also blocks about 10,000 numbers offering sex and other services.
U.S. Orthodox Jews and conservative Arabs, operating through Jordanian businessmen, have expressed interest in the technology.
http://jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=2031
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