The Koran is in Arabic, a language most Indonesians do not understand, and to memorize the verses students must recite them repeatedly. Many Indonesians traveling on the haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia carry the device because it contains prayers to be recited during the annual ritual, he added. "Indonesian Muslims are becoming more technology savvy in their religious activity," he added. On average we sell 50 a day," said Arief Syaifullah, who sells the digital Koran.
Fans say it provides a handy alternative to the bulky printed version of the holy book. The device, the size of an iPod digital player, carries the entire text of the Koran, in Arabic with an Indonesian translation, and its audio recitation. "It's uncomfortable if I read a Koran book on the bus and people around may look at me in amazement." "I can listen to the recital or read the verses and the translation anywhere," she said. Indriarti said she bought the gadget because she wanted to study the Koran to be a better Muslim. With her tiny earphones and slim digital player, Jakarta office worker Mira Indriarti looks like any other young music lover – only she's not listening to the latest tunes, but to a recording of the Koran.ĭigital Koran is increasingly popular in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, where such gadgets sell especially well during the fasting month of Ramadan when religious fervor is high and reading the scripture is an essential part of the observance. ISuppli said it expected Apple to sell 23 million Nanos this year and nearly 28 million in 2008. With Apple, it seems, no supplier is safe, and no slot is a given," iSuppli said.Īpple continued to use an audio and video processor from South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, iSuppli said. "Such wholesale supplier swaps are not unusual for Apple, which frequently switches its component partners. Other new suppliers included Intersil Corp and Synaptics Inc, while components from NXP Semiconductors and Cypress Semiconductor Corp were dropped, iSuppli said. The new devices, which went on sale earlier this month as part of a pre-holiday overhaul of the iPod line, also featured parts from several new suppliers, most notably U.S. Total component costs for the 4-gigabyte Nano were nearly 19 percent lower than the previous version released in late 2006, iSuppli said. The two models retail for $149 and $199, but the report only measured the cost of the Nano's parts and did not include other costs such as manufacturing, packaging or research and development, iSuppli said.
The bill of materials for the iPod Nano was $58.85 for the version with 4 gigabytes of flash memory and $82.85 for the model with 8 gigabytes of memory, iSuppli said.
Apple's new iPod Nano portable music and video player boasts lower component costs than the previous version, market research firm iSuppli said on Wednesday.