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Re: Have Tablets and Mobiles Changed How You View/Use the Bible

Antoine RJ Wright — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:50:36 -0000

I like that idea, and totally agree on its impact. There are several folks working on it, unfortunately, it's going to be a small while before the non-English speaking world hears them clearly. Its coming though, and it's going to be huge.

Re: Have Tablets and Mobiles Changed How You View/Use the Bible

Foibled — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:31:32 -0000

How about something really concrete and real for minority languages that does not touch English - making the Bible available in digital format on phones will make the text more accessible for many, but at the same time it could undermine the business model of some national Bible Societies and potentially bankrupt them.

Re: Desknots and the 7 Deadly Myths of Mobile

JENS THOMASON — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:16:31 -0000

Absolutely
right, I do agree with your post. By the way I am a member of Baptist Church at
Sacramento. Our church use church management software designed by Congregation Builder , It is
really good software to use. It gives us Camp Management, Church
Web Calendar & Event Registration.

Re: Excapite Compares Fatihbook with Facebook

Antoine RJ Wright — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:20:31 -0000

In case you aren't following on Twitter (wait, why aren't you), a clarification to the stats referred to can be found at this link to the ComScore report numbers are sourced from: http://www.comscore.com/Press_...

Jump in here or on twitter (@mobileminmag) to converse on these and other items that don't always make it to a full posting.

Re: [Video] On the Scene w/LaRosa Johnson of Wordsearch/LifeWay

Antoine RJ Wright — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:09:44 -0000

Great to hear James; it is indeed interesting how a versatile tablet can tweak one's approach to mobility and work. Glad you are enjoying it.

Re: [Video] On the Scene w/LaRosa Johnson of Wordsearch/LifeWay

James Thomas — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:45:15 -0000

Antoine, I want to thank MMM for the tip in using the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. I purchased one in January. I really enjoy it and it has been very useful, especially when I have been on the move. With the Eee Pad I have no need for a laptop. My phone, desktop, and Eee Pad meet my communications and computing needs.

Re: Wearables As A Mobile Ministry Approach

Brad Rhoads — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:51:08 -0000

Yep, and with Portable Apps, you run FireFox and lots of other stuff right off of the USB. (Not sure if you need admin privileges on the machine to launch though.)

But I like the idea of just wearing one of these and being able to meet someone and just give it to them.

Best if the giver is a able to do followup directly, but the bands could be printed with some other connection point, perhaps 888-NEED-HIM (http://needhim.org/).

Re: [Guest Post] Discoverabiltiy (Or, Why You Just Can’t Do An App)

LaRosa Johnson — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:41:36 -0000

Nice piece! Who says you need an app for a church. Just work on making your content discoverable & easy to use and it can grow from there.

Re: Wearables As A Mobile Ministry Approach

LaRosa Johnson — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:52:43 -0000

I like the idea.

Re: Kindle Bibles Added to Bible Apps Page

R Walter Hoeppner — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:47:36 -0000

For the Kindle, I really like the free Bible.is.
One reason is that you can listen to many versions of the Bible, in numerous languages being read.

For the Droid2 phone I like MySword for Android. It has many versions of the Bible, highliters, commentaries, KJV with word by word Strongs Greek and Hebrew words, variable screen font size, etc.

Re: Mobile Industry Review and the Emporia Telecom Series

Antoine RJ Wright — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:45:09 -0000

MIR published videos 7 and 8 of this series after this post was written up; those are also worth taking a look at to get the entire story of how they are meeting the needs - successfully - and manging to stay ahead of the changes in mobile and its consumers.

Re: Using Your Tablet for Bible Studies

Brickman65 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:19:08 -0000

Yeah, I actually experimented with that tonight in Bible Class. Worked pretty well. I may use my iPhone or a Physical Bible and see how that works. I have the NIV Study Bible and BibleXpress on my iPad. BibleXpress has a nice notation capability. I like your Penultimate idea better though.

Re: Using Your Tablet for Bible Studies

Mobile Ministry Magazine — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:17:05 -0000

You know, you can use the multi-finger gestures or the home button switcher to go between screens? I have the bible on my mobile and I just let the notes happen on the iPad. Not that I can't do a Bible on the iPad, but its been an easier flow to things.
You should also look at YouVersion and OliveTree apps, which have the capacity to take notes alongside the text. Though, none of them are doing this kind of drawing/inking (yet?).

Re: Using Your Tablet for Bible Studies

Brickman65 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:12:29 -0000

I would like to do this more but I need to figure out how to "flip" back and forth between Note Taking and my Bible on my iPad. My iPad has replaced my physical Bible. (Of course it was about 30 years old. It was time for a new one anyway.) It lamppost seems to be better to have a physical Bible and use iPad for Notes.

Re: The Future of Bible Software

Antoine RJ Wright — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:32:22 -0000

Antonio, you will want to consult Nokia's Support forums or just a web search for this in the future.

From the homescreen, dial *#7370# and then follow the prompts. That will reset your mobile back to factory conditions.

Re: The Future of Bible Software

Antonio Zolla — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:29:07 -0000

I need OS nokia N95 (13.01) my phone restart?? please help me..

Re: 2012 Resolution #4: All Books Project and Mobile UX Standards

Antoine RJ Wright — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:29:59 -0000

Got thinking sme more about your comment. "A dime a dozen..." Its not a dime a dozen to build one from near-scratch. Especially for someone self taught in matters of faith and tech ;)

This will lead to an ability to teach others how to do similar, with minimal programming knowledge, but with an ability to use both what's available and what's imagined to create something personally and communally effective. I don't know that that's the aim of any bible apps, let along the focus of any of the companies doing this.

For that aim, and a few others, this is why I do this project.

Re: Don’t Forget the Non-Smartphone Folks

Antoine RJ Wright — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:47:25 -0000

Just posted a piece over at my personal site which addresses why even a cheap smarpthone isn't the answer to increasing access or user-profitability of mobility: http://arjw.wordpress.com/2012...

These are the kinds of thoughts that you need to have when thinking about your mobile strategy, and how far you can go whether you are dealing with a community you know, or an unexplored market.

Re: 2012 Resolution #4: All Books Project and Mobile UX Standards

Mobile Ministry Magazine — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:29:00 -0000

I agree. Reading, highlighting, notes, etc are the norm. This project has me looki beyond that. Specifically, how can I build a mobile bible, and one that has the kind of unique navigational features (colors, text, etc) which fit how I (personally learn).

Recording quiet times... I guess that's needed. But how so more than the calendar already in ones device? Would you have some more info as to how you see this working out?

Merge ministry and tech... No better way than harnessing both to build the journal of your faith's history ;)

Re: 2012 Resolution #4: All Books Project and Mobile UX Standards

Tony Brown — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:03:43 -0000

Hey brother, your project and moreover, your heart for this project is obviously genuine but far exceeds this fact. Having a Bible for mobile devices is becoming "a dime a dozen."

However, a mobile application that provides the ability to merge ministry & technology with a persons obedient passion to learn more is desperately needed.

For instance, reading, highlighting, underlining, etc. seems to be the norm. How about an option to allow for placing annotations anywhere on the page? An excellent IOS app that provides this function is iAnnotate.

An option for recording daily quiet times is desperately needed. I've found none that do this. And similarly, an area to journal prayer requests.

Re: Using Your Smartphone, Tablet, and Some Things More for Bible Study (And A Poke to Do Better)

Antoine RJ Wright — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:57:37 -0000

@daustin100: can you share anything that you folks at Bible.org are doing with your app which might be better/different than some of the other offerings?

Re: Using Your Smartphone, Tablet, and Some Things More for Bible Study (And A Poke to Do Better)

daustin100 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:12:33 -0000

interesting comment and observation. We here at http://bible.org are working on a new mobile bible app that we hope will support discipleship and bible education. we are interested on how to exploit the new tablets as well as the smaller screens

Re: Re-Asking the Question: Apps for Pastors

RyanRobinson — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:48:56 -0000

Definitely need to follow the responses here. I'm an app developer particularly interested in helping churches so would love to see what's missing.

Re: Using the Kindle for Bible Study

Vincent — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:07:39 -0000

Wow. I must admit I am compelled with this blog. Who would have thought tech and, well, religion, can mash up together. Interesting.

Anyway, I find it interesting to use the Kindle to read the Bible. I read the Bible, as in the real book for atleast 30 minutes a day. It's a pocket one, and even though I am in the industry of laptop trade in, I still don't think the gadgets of today can replace the Bible. It can complement yes, but still people of tomorrow should not rely on these tablets to replace the thousand-old Bible which remains relevant up to this day.

Re: 2012 Resolution #5: Become A Digital-Faith Advocate

Mobile Ministry Magazine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:28:59 -0000

Offering themselves is indeed a possibility, but there is also a piece of gifts/talent-literacy that's lacking in many churches, else this wouldn't be a question that would need to be asked.
We have more to come on this, stay tuned...