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<H1 class=itemtitle_inner><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT color=#654505>Seoul Church iPhone app to spread the word </FONT></SPAN></H1>
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<P style="COLOR: #a7243d">Published Date: July 6, 2010 </P>
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<P>The weekly bulletin from the <A href="http://www.ucanews.com/dps/html/dps-ko_seoul.php" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>Seoul archdiocese</FONT></U></A> will be available on <A href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>iPhone</FONT></U></A> from mid July.</P>
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<P>Subscribers will be informed in advance when a new issue of the bulletin is available. Using “push” technology, they can tailor the content to suit them precisely, choosing only the pages and sections they want.</P>
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<P>The bulletin is already available on a <A href="http://cc.catholic.or.kr/txt/02/seoul_jubo.asp" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>website</FONT></U></A> as well as in E-book, PDF and MP3 audio file formats.</P>
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<P>“The final updating is under way and the application software can be downloaded from <A href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/#heroOverview" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>Apple’s AppStore</FONT></U></A> for free,” said a spokeswoman from the archdiocese’s culture and communications department. “Here in South Korea, smartphones are becoming popular so fast. The Church needs to adapt itself to the change,” she added.</P>
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<P>South Korea had around two million smartphone users, including nearly a million iPhone users, at the end of last month. The population of 50 million has a total of around 49 million mobile phone subscriptions.</P>
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<P>The archdiocese also offers readings from the Bible, hymns and information on saints, as well as extracts from its radio broadcasts and some Catholic weekly magazines, on iPhone and <A href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>iPod</FONT></U></A>. The diocese’s IT team are working to produce all these offerings as <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>Windows Mobile</FONT></U></A> applications, along with a Catholic address book.</P>
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<P>They are also working with the very latest from Apple, <A href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>the iPad</FONT></U></A>, developing an application for priests’ liturgy books.</P>
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