Product Comments / Questions & Answers

Q. Salaam,
I just wanted to ask a quick question regarding the ipalm. I would like to know what the difference is between the ipalm and the alfurqan ipod, or are they one and the same thing?

Thanks alot

A. The difference between the iPalm Digital Quran and the Alfurqan iPod are as follows:

1. iPalm contains spoken English & Urdu Translations
2. iPalm has 2GB flash memory, Alfurqan has 1GB
3. iPalm is expandable using a 4GB mini SD card
4. iPalm is smaller, slimmer and lighter than the Alfurqan
5. Improved menu navigation, especially for multimedia features
6. iPalm features 10 retro games - Mario Bros. etc.
5. Auto power saving and shut-off
7. Additional minor features such as calculator, notepad, dictionary etc.
8. Comes with free Leather case

A. I am answering your questions in the order you have posed them.

1. It is so new we have not even got it yet! Stock expected on Wednesday 10th Sept 2008 inshallah
2. If you don't like the sound quality send it back! I think you maybe referring to listening to it through the built-in speaker? obviously due to the size of in-built single mono speakers you cannot expect to get high quality sound - right? For extended usage, please use the bundled headphones.
3. The English is very clear like the Arabic, I don't know what you mean by shahee?
4. Yes, it is the Pickthall translation, which is in fact viewed as the most accurate translation by many people.
5. Yes, there are two complete recitations of the Quran to choose from Sudais and Shuraim and Alafasy. including the spoken translations there are over 80 hours of audio media on this device!
6. I don't think the voice quality will be good as CD quality which is sampled @ 44.1khz, most people nowadays are used to listening to MP3's which are sampled at 96kbit/s or 128kbit/s. So it will be every-bit as good as your MP3 collection, inshallah.
7. I believe shipping to India will take upto 10 days. We will insure the goods free of cost to you. But unfortunately to send by a quicker service will be very expensive. Approx. £30 or $60.
Jazakallah for your questions, I am sure others will find them very useful.

Q. Thanks for your kind detail reply, I have few final imp Qs to clear:

You asked me wats shaahe.. Shaahee Intl is da latest revised edition of m.khan modern english translation of da holy quran, Its very simple and easy english... m.pickthhall's translation is not very easy to understand i guess cuz if u know there are those old english words used, isnt it?

1.How do i select the Black/ Silver model? , I guess there is no option to select the colour, I want the Black Model!

2. Can i add aditional files like Islamic contents from my computer and other dvds ; cds and put it on da ipalm quran n view n lisn to it?
will acc wmi mp3 and other more formats work on the player?

3. Its writen you will be providing a softwear wich converts the movie dvds into the player specified format for watchin videos, So how do i do that(converting files)?

4. Do i have to also convert acc cd format to mp3 format before transfering data and other contents to the player?

Thank You!

A. 1. Ok, you mean Sahih International - no this is pickthall's translation, which is regarded by many people as the most accurate translation, but I accept it is not as easy to understand as some more modern translations.

2. Yes, this device is like 2 devices in one. It acts like a standard MP3 and MP4 player so virtually all files you will download from the internet will be compatible. Infact it comes bundled with software to convert your own DVDs to watch on the iPalm. The other part to the device is the closed Islamic contents which are proprietory and cannot be added to.

3. Yes, as I have just mentioned the conversion software is bundled on the Free Media DVD. Instructions are provided with the DVD.

4. To be be honest I don't know if the iPalm plays ACC files, but the bundled conversion software will facilitate that, inshallah.