Teen devises prayer app for iPhone
Fair Oaks teenager Allen Wright thought up an application for the Apple iPhone called “A Note to God.”
It lets iPhone users send prayers into cyberspace and allows them to read the prayers of others. The messages are stored in a database, and users remain anonymous.
Wright, 17, submitted his proposal to Medl Mobile, a Los Angeles startup that is developing apps for Apple to sell on its Web site. It selected “A Note to God” from 20,000 proposals.
“It’s so simple it’s brilliant,” said Andrew Maltin, one of the co-founders of Medl Mobile. “We think it’s going to be extremely successful.”
Apps, which iPhone users download from Apple, range from free to $5 or more. Users can play games, find restaurants or transform their iPhones into remote controls. There are hundreds of other applications.
Apple has rejected apps before for what it deemed inappropriate religious content, but Maltin said he didn’t think that would happen with “A Note to God.”
The application is a sincere way for people to reach out to the divine and to each other, he said. Users can read each other’s prayers and be supportive by clicking on a “thumbs up” sign, he said. Otherwise, they can’t leave feedback or respond, he said.
via chron.com
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September 25th, 2009 at 10:45 am
This is something so special. Way to go Allen!
September 25th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Simply Amazing for a Teen
September 26th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
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[...] THE iPHONE SPOT, September 25, 2009 Fair Oaks teenager Allen Wright thought up an application for the Apple iPhone called “A Note to God.” It lets iPhone users send prayers into cyberspace and allows them to read the prayers of others. The messages are stored in a database, and users remain anonymous. Wright, 17, submitted his proposal to Medl Mobile, a Los Angeles startup that is developing apps for Apple to sell on its Web site. It selected “A Note to God” from 20,000 proposals. [...]