Islamic mobile ilkone i-800 launched

25 June 2004 by axxxr

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ilkone is a new brand of mobile phone, conceived in the Middle East. The name ‘ilkone’ is driven from an Arab word meaning ‘universe’. ilkone utilizes advanced technology to provide total solutions for GSM mobile phones, and which provides greater efficiency, more relevant and personalized services and functions to mobile phone users.

Malaysia is set to be the base for the official launch of the world’s first mobile phone with unique Islamic applications in Asia.

Singapore-based Ilkone Asia Pte Ltd, which markets the product, said it was targeting to launch its flagship model in Malaysia by early July, Indonesia and Brunei at end-June and India, Bangladesh and Singapore in August.

“Malaysia will be our base for the Asian market, and if everything goes smoothly, we will launch the product there by next month,” said its marketing manager Ismail Abdullah when met at the company’s booth at CommunicAsia2004, Asia’s largest telecoms fair which ended here Friday. He said so far more than 10 distributors had been selected to market its product in Malaysia.

The product, he added, would have to go through various stages of approval - the Standards Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (Sirim), the Malaysian Department of Islamic Development or Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) and the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.

The Ilkone i-800 was first introduced in Lebanon, then in Jordan, Syria, Sudan and Algeria. It will subsequently be introduced in Qatar, Bahrain and to other major Islamic regions such as Turkey, Iran and Pakistan.

The Ilkone i-800 provides automatic precise prayer times anywhere in the world. An alarm option can be set to sound before and after the call to prayer (Azan).

Ilkone features:

First Model i800 is:

Folder type
Round Shape.
Moderate Looking.
Color Available.
- Silver
- blue
- gold
- white
Dimensions: 45*85*23.
90 Gram weight
2TFT LCD (Dual screen).
16 MB Intel 128/32 Memory.
40 Poly Phonic melodies and ring tones
Real time clock
Phone Book (500 entries).
Wap 2.0.
EMS / MMS.
Personal Organizer.
Exciting Action Games.
GPRS.
Phone Lock.
Language Provided:
- English
- Arabic.
Attractive Wallpaper.

Date Converter

Automatic date converter

Hijri and Gregorian calendar

Hijri Date on display

Qibla Direction

Qibla direction by 5 methods

Automatic with built in electronic device & special software to give automatic direction to Mecca

Holy Quran

Complete Holy Quran in Uthmanic font drawing in color.

Complete English translation for the Holy Quran meaning

Complete English translation

Powerful search engine through the Holy Quran

Prayer Times

Anywhere from more than 5000 cities

Alarm user pre, post and on azan time

Complete azan voice for prayer calls

Azan voice for Mecca, Madina, and Cairo grate mosques

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User comments:

'exciting action games'... :|

Xugaa on Apr 07 2006

where is the software

Jauhar on Apr 25 2006

Very interested but you did not mention the price? and where from can i buy this phone for wholesale purpose.?

TasneemAkhtar on May 13 2006

the menu screen of my phone now is not been occured..how to make as normally?????????what i have to do?????????

rosmadibinzin on May 25 2006

I'll be so glad if you add Farsi Language and Solar Hijri Calendar

MohammadJavadMehrazi on Jul 12 2006

please introduce this product in pakistan

abdulahad on Jul 12 2006

where do i find these phones in Malaysia?

vinod on Jul 27 2006

Very nice mobile phones!

Farhod on Jul 31 2006

Can I find this in India ? We also can collaborate for marketing?

SyedKS on Aug 01 2006

can u find these phones in America?

wow on Aug 02 2006

TRULY MY KIND OF PHONE,BUT CAN I KNOW THE PRICE.

SHAIKHJEHANGIR on Aug 03 2006

Please introduce this phone to the United Kingdom as I know there will be great demand for this product.

Wasim on Aug 25 2006

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