AyoWorld, a part of EMS - the smartphone partner, is an online applications store for BlackBerry users, known for its distinctive audience in the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, CIS and Easten Europe. During the month of Ramadan, AyoWorld will be offering its users the opportunity to experience a new range of Ramadan blackberry applications.

 

A suite of 9 applications, namely the Noor applications will be featured on AyoWorld. The Noor applications are broken down into four main packages, each package having a set of related applications within. One application package in the suite is the Noor Quran blackberry application, which is a complete Quran recitation facility in Arabic in the voice of the famous Quran reciter Saad Al Ghamdi. The Noor Quran application can be shared and sent through Blackberry Messenger, email and social networks.

 

Another prominent Noor package is the Noor El Hayat, which contains applications relating to Tazkera (supplications in the praise of Allah), Prayer Timing and Hijri Calendar. Prayer timings are updated for over 400 cities using official calculation methods or according to your location determined via the Blackberry GPS. This Hijri (Islamic lunar) calendar helps users create reminders for new events and also highlight key events, such as Eid. Further Noor applications available for download cover a broad range of subjects and include Al Sunna, Al Dua, names of Allah, Sebhaty, Hajj and Umrah.

 

Another application useful for Muslim users during the month of Ramadan which is available at AyoWorld is the Zakaat Calculator. This is an easy to use application that automatically calculates the amount of Zakaat due, based on the information provided regarding value of assets and liabilities.

 

Blackerry mobile phone themes are amongst one of the most popular applications. Dedicated to Ramadan, AyoWorld is offering Ramadan specific themes to its blackberry users, which include the Ramadan Kareem theme, Ramadan Mubarak theme, Ramadan Celebrations theme, Makkah animated theme, Quran theme, Qamar theme and Mosque theme.