<s>
The	O
Shabbos	B-Application
App	I-Application
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
proposed	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
to	O
enable	O
Orthodox	O
Jews	O
,	O
and	O
Jewish	O
Sabbath-observers	O
,	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Sabbath	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
's	O
developers	O
,	O
YidTec	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
initially	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
application	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
on	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
indicated	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
running	O
behind	O
schedule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
its	O
developers	O
stated	O
on	O
the	O
Shabbos	B-Application
App	I-Application
website	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
planning	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
app	O
with	O
full	O
functionality	O
on	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
Shabbos	B-Application
App	I-Application
was	O
built	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
that	O
avoids	O
and	O
resolves	O
the	O
Jewish	O
law	O
problems	O
related	O
to	O
using	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
by	O
texting	O
on	O
the	O
Sabbath	O
,	O
allowing	O
observant	O
Jews	O
to	O
text	O
on	O
the	O
Sabbath	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rabbi	O
Dr.	O
Raphael	O
Zarum	O
,	O
Dean	O
of	O
the	O
London	O
School	O
of	O
Jewish	O
Studies	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
Shabbos	B-Application
App	I-Application
developers	O
:	O
"	O
have	O
found	O
solutions	O
to	O
the	O
halachic	O
challenges	O
of	O
typing-writing	O
,	O
screen	O
illumination	O
,	O
sound	O
generation	O
and	O
battery	O
drainage	O
and	O
charging	O
....	O
</s>
<s>
Rabbi	O
Yaakov	O
Menken	O
wrote	O
in	O
early	O
October	O
2014	O
that	O
while	O
it	O
was	O
true	O
the	O
Shabbos	B-Application
App	I-Application
had	O
attracted	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
attention	O
and	O
discussion	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
pretty	O
sure	O
the	O
app	O
is	O
a	O
hoax	O
,	O
"	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
Orthodox	O
Jews	O
look	O
bad	O
by	O
demonstrating	O
their	O
focus	O
on	O
…	O
what	O
,	O
precisely	O
,	O
I	O
’m	O
not	O
sure	O
...	O
"	O
intended	O
to	O
"	O
mock	O
attempts	O
by	O
serious	O
,	O
committed	O
Jews	O
to	O
face	O
the	O
new	O
challenges	O
presented	O
by	O
modern	O
technology	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rabbi	O
Steve	O
Bar-Yaakov	O
Gindi	O
,	O
a	O
long-time	O
rabbi	O
who	O
received	O
ordination	B-Algorithm
from	O
the	O
Chief	O
Rabbinate	O
of	O
Israel	O
and	O
administers	O
a	O
Jewish	O
educational	O
website	O
,	O
notes	O
that	O
laws	O
for	O
observing	O
the	O
Jewish	O
Sabbath	O
have	O
changed	O
slightly	O
over	O
time	O
to	O
accommodate	O
technological	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
