Muslim Cell Phone Launches In Europe

I've reported numerous times on Muslim cell phones, mostly targeted at Muslim-majority countries. Now one of them, the Ilkone i-800, which I told you about in April 2004 in the Mike's List newsletter, has now shipped in the Netherlands, and will soon become available France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Belgium and Bosnia. The phone has been available in Lebanon, Malaysia, Turkey and Indonesia for some time. The Ilkone i800 not only has a built-in compass that points toward Mecca, but also contains a complete electronic copy of the Koran (along with a translation into English and a mini search engine). (props to textually.org)