Sadie, a Saudi computer science student, said he will soon develop a software application that automatically sends mobile phones to silent mode during the five-time obligatory prayers. Al-Sadie was speaking to Saudi Gazette here Sunday after the awards ceremony held to distribute Mobily Prize for Application Development to three winners for developing best application programs. Al-Sadie, who is doing his Master's degree in Computer Science at an Australian university, was in Riyadh to receive Mobily's ‘Best Application Prize'. He won the best application award for his TV-Qur'an, software that when downloaded could allow smart-phone users to listen recitation of Qur'an by 70 different Imams listed from across the world. “After Mobily's announcement of the prize it took some two months to develop the application (TV-Qur'an),” said Al-Sadie. However, he said he was inspired by an idea to develop a software application that may help mobile phone users to automatically disable their ring tones during five-time obligatory prayers. About 1,200 software developers from across the world participated in the competition. Tariq Mansour, a participant from Egypt, won the Mobily Prize for developing an innovative application for an Islamic calendar. Ibtikar Company won the best application design award. The Mobily Prize carries a certificate and a cash prize of SR120,000 for each winner. Khalid Al-Kaf, CEO Mobily, presented the checks and certificates to the winners. __
