If you live in South African, you can download the holy bible to your mobile phone for 40 rand ($5.43). The service is the work of the International Bible Society and Christian Mobile, "a South African firm that sells mobile phone ringtones of Christian songs and an SMS Hopeline of daily bible verses and prayers." The text is available in English or Afrikaans. From Reuters:
"The Virtual Bible will enable the Bible Society to supply the Bible to every modern cell phone user in a fast and affordable format," Rev Gerrit Kritzinger, chief executive of the Bible Society in South Africa, said in a statement…
Customers can choose between the traditional King James version of the bible or more up-to-date translations. Zulu and Xhosa version will be available soon and other languages will follow.
Link (Thanks, Lindsay Tiemeyer!)
UPDATE: BB reader Krisjohn points out that the Qur'an has been freely available for Nokia Series 60 phones for quite some time. Link
