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VakitlerPDA ver 2.7 Athan Times Software for Windows Mobile

 Islamic TimeFrames/Athan Times For PDA ; (Support Windows Mobile PDA versions.)

Last Update : JULY / 18/ 2009  16:43 

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VakitlerPDA is a freeware software which is used as a reminder while following up ISLAMIC Timeframes and Athan (Adthan Times)

Software belongs to the Basic Features; AZAN(Muslims prayer call) is played automatically for 5 times a day after you set the time according to your country.

• Predefined 44 Country & City for timeframe calculations.

• By clicking the Diyanet İnternet button, you can recieve the prayer time over the Internet buy using (Wi-Fi/GPRS) .

Latitude and longitude information is retrieved automatically from GPS (embedded by Bluetooth or GPS). Diyanet prayer time and direction to the appropriate angle is provided for free without any external connection to the internet.

• It calculates the manually entered GPS information (latitude and longitude), appropriate prayer time and any angle direction according to the Diyanet for free without any external connection to the internet. (To manually enter the latitude and longitude information,make your own query by address, your address, latitude / longitude information from here.)

• Times are updated with Auto Calc.Option Formula at solstice, calculating the time of daily prayers. (without the need of Internet connection)

• When you select Confidential reminder at the end of time, the automatic program will turn off itself, only the prayer time will be open for warning. Without running the program or the time on the background it just gives an alert. (The system uses resources economically.)

• Exe files can run directly without requiring installation. (Compact Framework 2.0 must be installed.)

• Athan is played in mp3 format, and is read specifically to each pray time by different authorities in athan reading. You can change the existent athan file with your own one and play your own athan.

• Athan Vibrating alerts help to keep track of information in crowded places.

• The next information reminder is given in the lower right corner of the screen in yellow color.

• The calculated time for each day  is displayed in burgundy color on the main screen.

• If Safi Madh option is on, the Fair athan time is played, if not athan is played an hour before the sunrise.( according to the Hanefi Madh.)

• Athan is not only played in regular pray times but also it can be used as a reminder of other special times such as Daybreak time, Israk timeframe and Doha timeframe) by an optional menu of chosing different audio files and creating different alert times in different units.

• When the Makruh timeframe alert is marked, the alert warns you 55 minutes before the actual time and 10 minutes before the kerahat time. Different audio options and number of alerts can be set.

• Daybreak is the best time to wake up in the night for Tahajjud, so alert modes are avaliable fort his pray, too.

• Time calculation can be done with any of the accepted pray times around the world.

• Calibration of time can be created according to where you are to adjust the time to the location.

• When the athan time comes you can get the alerts in any audio file you wish instead of the athan sound. (In the meeting etc.)

• With the Voice alert mode (WAV) the athan is only read in the morning and the other times are alerted with a voice warning.

• There is a feature on the main window to quickly change the settings.

If you like to know how it is working before the installation please click here

 GPS supported ( ıt gets the latitude and longtitude information automatically via GPS and immediatly calculates the pray time of your current location according to the Diyanet. This action is done without the need of any internet connection. The GPS points can be set and calculated manually. If you do not know the latitude and longtitude information of your currrent location, you can find the information from our website http://www.Vakitler.NET, and you can learn the angle of Kıble and pray times from the web.)

 We reccomend http://www.qiblalocator.com/ website to find the qibla direction.

Pray times from the Diyanet management website or manually set times can be used as completely free softwares for Windows CE based PDA

Software Screen Images;

     

 Athan times screen images

   

The Qibla direction is calculated with the athan times by using GPS positions.

The latitude and longtitude information can be set manually or this information can be found automatically via the GPS.

Whenever you start the gps compass software from the vakitlerPDA, there you will have a red arrow into the screen with a Qabe picture, according to your walking direction the red arrow will show you directly to Qabe. This software is implemented and developed for a special version of vakitlerPDA with the collobration of Maike Wiege and Vakitler Development Team. This special version is freeware for vakitlerPDA to show off the Qabe direction. Thank you Maike Wiege for his contribution for GPScompass software.

(Ver2.8.3 Beta) [Not included setup kit, You need to install Ver.2.7 as a prerequest. As soon as you downloaded the beta file then, please follow up the steps below.]

If you have an embedded GPS or bluetooth GPS then you may want to install GPScompass right from this link
http://vakitler.net/others/GpsPusula.zip (449kb.)
 

GPS Compass language is changing according to your VakitlerPDA Language settings. English and Turkish supported.

You may need to change the Connection port according to your PDA settings as well. (COM2 is just an example)