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Just two weeks after the release of Quran Reader 2.0 we have a new update out, Quran Reader 2.1 - codename Marvelous Mus'haf. These include some features that got left out of Quran Reader 2.0 due to time constraints and some that simply slipped our minds. But after the release of Quran Reader 2.0 a lot of users emailed us with suggestions so we immediately went back to development to implement their requests and get them out as soon as possible. Alhamdulillah the update has been approved and is now live in the App Store.

• Rotation lock button
• Jump to page option
• Jump to Hizb option
• Page slider in the Quran browser
• French Quran translation
• The screen no longer dims while the app is running

So I hope you enjoy these updates, and we love hearing any suggestions you have so definitely feel free to contact us.

It's been just over a year since we first released Quran Reader for the iPhone and alhamdulillah we are very pleased to announce Quran Reader 2, a free update to all existing Quran Reader users. Completely re-written to take advantage of capabilities in iPhone OS 3.0 we improved upon every aspect of the original Quran Reader. Just a quick rundown of what you can find in Quran Reader 2:

High resolution pages was one of the first requests we got upon releasing the original Quran Reader. This was a tricky one to do, because you want to keep the file size of the app from getting too high. Thankfully we did find a way to double the resolution of the pages and actually lower the file size of the app (png is such an awesome format).

And of course with better resolution comes landscape mode. Once the pages had better resolution landscape mode was an obvious next step. To keep things simple we removed pinch to zoom and now you simply rotate the device to enter landscape mode and zoom in on the page. Reading the Quran like this is a real treat, even if your eyesight isn't all that.

So with those requests taken care of we decided to add something really cool, full text search in English and Arabic. This feature we're really proud of, just start typing in your search term in English or Arabic and you will see a list of words to complete your search term. Tap "Search" or choose one of the options and then you will see a list of results, showing the text of the Ayah in either English or Arabic based on the language of your search term. Definitely try this out, we think you're going to love it.

We also recognize that a lot of our users are non-English speakers, so we added complete user interface localization in English, Arabic and French. We hope this makes the app even more accessible for our users. You can also enable Arabic surah names without having the entire app in Arabic. Simply tap the settings button on the home screen and then toggle Arabic surah names.

We're not done yet, alhamdulillah Quran Reader 2 is a great update, but we definitely have more planned. Plus, stay tuned for Quran Reader HD, coming soon to an iPad near you...

So if you don't have it yet, go grab Quran Reader from the App Store.