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Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer

Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets to help them enrich their spiritual life as well. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a mobile application known as Sun Dial, which alerts Muslim users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers known as salat. The device is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston.  more

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Hands-Free Law Helps Boost Sales of Bluetooth Headset Devices

California cell phone users have learned that driving and dialing is a thing of the past. Sales of Bluetooth headset devices surged in the months prior to the new law going on the books, according to market research company, The NPD GroupĂ's store level data.  more

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