TT in the Palm of your hand -- Technology serving Torah
If you have a Palm™ handheld device and would like to read Torah Tidbits on it, you can download a Palm-version of TT from the Torah Tidbits webpage, www.ou.org/torah/tt. Once the file (.prc or .pdb) is on your computer, you can hotsync it into your Palm. It can then be read with any of the many document readers available. TealDoc is recommended, because the file and its bookmarks are prepared with TealDoc. Rich Reader reads TT Palm version well, too, as does CSpotRun (but without bookmarks). If you need help with the procedures of downloading and/or hotsyncing, contact Phil at the Israel Center (500-3333 ext. 207) or email to tt@ou.org. If you would like to receive the TT-Palm version each week by email, rather than your going through the website, send me an email message and I'll add you to our growing Palm-list. One of these days, B"N, we'll AvantGo TT. More on OMER100 by Penticon. I forgot to tell you something important. The program is FREEWARE. It will only work with Hebrew support (which is not free), but it is very nice that it is available for those with Hebrew support on their Palms. The reminder alarms can be set for how many times and how frequently you want to be reminded, and there is even a short and long version of the alarm tune. This last option is no small matter, since some people can be driven to distraction by the repetition of the longer tune. In addition, when you open and turn on your Palm in the evening, the counting reminder pops up first. This is a fairly effective way of remembering. In conversation with Howie Hirsch of Penticon, he told me that future versions of OMER will have the option of S'fardi count, in addition to Ashkenazi. What's the diff, you ask? Ashkenazim say, "Today is 19 days, which are 2 weeks and 5 days to the (or in the) Omer". S'faradim say, "Today is 19 days to the Omer, which are 2 weeks and 5 days". Whether the program will also have Yemenite counting is still up in the air. Yemenites count in Aramaic - HAIDANA TISH'AT ASAR YOMEI B'UMRA, D'INUN T'REIN SHAVU'EI V'CHAMSHA YOMEI. The Omer count, by the way, is also featured on LUACH (also by Penticon).
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