Muslims in the Middle East and Malaysia can now rely on their cellphones at prayer time. The Ilkone i800 includes the complete Qur’an, points the way to Mecca and has a prayer alarm and Ramadan calendar.
The smart-looking phone has English and Arabic language options.
The Ilkone company, which is based in the United Arab Emirates, is proud of its cellphone that “gives a more personalised service to the users”.
It is unclear when the next model of the Ilkone cellphone is coming out, but Ilkone promises more “Islamic applications” on its website.
In a month’s time, the cellphones will be distributed through Europe after a previous launch in Germany turned out to be a great success.
It is not known when the “Islamophone” will be available in Africa.
On the net
http://www.ilkonetel.com/ilkone.htm