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| Since its introduction in 1993 by the Korean company; Penman Corporation the Digital Quran has progressed through various stages of development and taken on a whole raft of additional features on the way. The Original Penman Holy Quran book was a basic black and white unit, similar in size to the majority of today’s units, the only function of this device was the playback of the recitation of the Quran with synchronized on-screen Arabic text; it allowed basic navigation of The Holy Book with the ability for the user to select a specific surah and verse. This particular function has changed little if at all in the succeeding years. | Since its introduction in 1993 by the Korean company; Penman Corporation the Digital Quran has progressed through various stages of development and taken on a whole raft of additional features on the way. The Original Penman Holy Quran book was a basic black and white unit, similar in size to the majority of today’s units, the only function of this device was the playback of the recitation of the Quran with synchronized on-screen Arabic text; it allowed basic navigation of The Holy Book with the ability for the user to select a specific surah and verse. This particular function has changed little if at all in the succeeding years. | ||
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Since its introduction in 1993 by the Korean company; Penman Corporation the Digital Quran has progressed through various stages of development and taken on a whole raft of additional features on the way. The Original Penman Holy Quran book was a basic black and white unit, similar in size to the majority of today’s units, the only function of this device was the playback of the recitation of the Quran with synchronized on-screen Arabic text; it allowed basic navigation of The Holy Book with the ability for the user to select a specific surah and verse. This particular function has changed little if at all in the succeeding years.
The Digital Quran was in instant success throughout the Muslim world, the portability of the device due to its ‘solid-state’ technology, meant that people could read and listen to the Quran in places and situations where it had previously been impossible to do so.
The second offering from Penman included the much requested inclusion of the English Text Translation. This again was synchronized with the Arabic recitation and proved an invaluable resource for consumers.
After this point the Reigns were taken up by a company based in Hong Kong; Enmac Engineering Corporation. Their product range made the Digital Quran more financially accessible and attractive by introducing the next major development in the industry; The Colour Screen. This feature mimicked the current trend of the mobile phone market at’ the time and ensured the continuing popularity of the genre.
Enmac’s products were mass produced in China at an affordable price; however this was achieved at the sacrifice of expenditure on research and development. As such the subsequent models were more variation than innovation. This oversight opened the door to a UK based company: Playnetics. This company realized that both hardware and software development of the Digital Quran had stagnated and brought to market, innovative; quality based products that addressed the needs of the Muslim technology consumer
Playnetics initial offering received praise for its usability and design, but the uptake of the product was severely hampered by the high retail price and low dealer margins.
Version 2.0 from Playnetics soon followed:
http://www.playnetics.com, http://www.Alfurqanipod.com and http://www.iPalmdigitalquran.com]