The iPhone web app I have been working on is now in beta, you can view it here http://m.guidanceapp.com/ I hope to finalize it over the weekend and then get back to working on version 1.1 of Guidance. If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch please test it out and let me know if you have any issues with it or suggestions. I’m particularly interested in having people from various time zones try it out. If you do manage to try it out please post your thoughts in the comments. Thanks.

Well, I went ahead and ordered an iPhone. It came in on Friday and I’ve already begun writing a web app to allow you to view the prayer times for any location. The web application will not have any reminders or play the adhan, I’m waiting for the developer kit to come out before that will be possible. I expect to have the web app finished up in a few days. Stay tunedfor more news on that front.

After careful thought, I’ve decided that accepting donations for the iPhone in order to write the iPhone version of Guidance is not the way I want to go. Instead I am going to go ahead and write the iPhone version and then offer it for sale.  Rest assured that if you have donated any amount, at any time in the past then you will receive a free copy of the iPhone version. I have not yet decided on a price for the iPhone app. I will keep you updated on the status of the iPhone app.

Inshallah when Apple releases the developer kit for the iPhone (currently scheduled for some time in February) which will allow developers to actually write applications for the iPhone (without it having to be hacked) I plan on writing a version of Guidance for the iPhone. The only problem is that development will be slow since I do not actually have an iPhone myself (funds are a bit low at the moment). So here is my proposal, all donations I receive from now, I will add to the iPhone fund posted on the front page, and inshallah when it reaches $399, I will get an iPhone and will make sure that the iPhone version of Guidance is continually developed and updated as much as possible.