The Online Bible website offered downloads for DOS, Windows 3.1, Palm OS, Macintosh, Pocket PC, and Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7. It was easy to navigate the webpage. They offered different Bible translations, commentaries, dictionaries, educational material such as online Bible study material, updates on news, and an Online Bible Discussion Forum.
After looking through some of the resources available, there doesn’t appear to be anything that might be more advanced than Bibleworks8. However, for parishioners this might be the way to go. You can get quite a bit of functionality with the free version, but you can a full set of modules (including NKJV, Message, ESV) on a DVD for about $40.00.
I also want to note that from the pictures I saw of the online Bible version, it looks similar to a Bible program I bought from Staples before coming to seminary. It was about 7 dollars and offered about 15 different languages including Greek, and about 10 English translations. It also offered a Greek lexicon, and one commentary.
(JakeW)
Note that this is not an online Bible but a Bible software program to download!
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
BibleZ for Palm Pre
I started with intentions of downloading OliveTree to my Palm Pre. After 4 hours, multiple failed attempts and coming very close to throwing my Palm Pre through the living room window, I caved, gave up on Olive Tree and went with BibleZ and have not looked back. So brief review of Olive Tree - obviously not user-friendly for download to Palm Pre. BibleZ on the other hand was extremely user-friendly for the download process. It is located in the Pre application catalog. BibleZ is a bible software application specifically made for webOS. BibleZ relies on Zefania XML Bible modules (versions), there are currently 56 modules in different languages available for free download. There is a bookmark feature which is handy to save the spot where you left off, and also a notes section that is easily accessible verse-by-verse. There are no search categories which makes it tough to do any kind of exegetical work. It's also kind of clumsy when trying to move to certain passages. It would be nice if you could just type something like "John 3:16" and it popped up. Overall pretty good - free application that has many modules (versions) to choose from and very easy/user-friendly to download, but lacking in search functionality. I would recommend this application to anyone with a Palm Pre who is especially interested in language versions other then English.
(AaronR)
(AaronR)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
OliveTree BibleReader (Palm OS with NET Bible)
OliveTree BibleReader
Noting that the NET version was a free download, I bravely ventured into downloading it without reviewing much of the Olive Tree information. I was pleased to find the download of both Reader (for my Palm Centro; Palm-Pre also supported) and Bible went smoothly.
The operation of the software, is intuitive and friendly. The Centro has a small screen, but the bible is easy to navigate and the text is crisp and easy to read. Verse finder is fast and easy to follow. The notes function works nicely, though it would be terrific if one could tap a note and have the verse come up. There is a “verse history” function that I also find helpful both as reminder of where I’ve been and as a speedier way to toggle between passages without having to flip through book, chapter, verse. (Notes function is for making notes and does not include NetBible notes.)
I’ve performed just one “search” on the word grace. A period of about 15 seconds resulted in 118 hits (same as BibleWorks) within the OT and NT corpus. Pretty good for a phone. The results are listed in the bottom of what has now turned to a split screen. Scrolling through them is quick enough. With 118 hits , however, it would be helpful to have a pop-up “Book” window to guide the user through what books they are coming upon. I recommend this software, and I am happy for the ability to have a readable pocket Bible with me at all times. There is an abundance of other free and for-sale resources that can be added.
(BrianC)
>>> Note BibleReader support for the following platforms:
Noting that the NET version was a free download, I bravely ventured into downloading it without reviewing much of the Olive Tree information. I was pleased to find the download of both Reader (for my Palm Centro; Palm-Pre also supported) and Bible went smoothly.
The operation of the software, is intuitive and friendly. The Centro has a small screen, but the bible is easy to navigate and the text is crisp and easy to read. Verse finder is fast and easy to follow. The notes function works nicely, though it would be terrific if one could tap a note and have the verse come up. There is a “verse history” function that I also find helpful both as reminder of where I’ve been and as a speedier way to toggle between passages without having to flip through book, chapter, verse. (Notes function is for making notes and does not include NetBible notes.)
I’ve performed just one “search” on the word grace. A period of about 15 seconds resulted in 118 hits (same as BibleWorks) within the OT and NT corpus. Pretty good for a phone. The results are listed in the bottom of what has now turned to a split screen. Scrolling through them is quick enough. With 118 hits , however, it would be helpful to have a pop-up “Book” window to guide the user through what books they are coming upon. I recommend this software, and I am happy for the ability to have a readable pocket Bible with me at all times. There is an abundance of other free and for-sale resources that can be added.
(BrianC)
>>> Note BibleReader support for the following platforms:
- BibleReader for iPhone
- BibleReader for Android
- BibleReader for BlackBerry
- BibleReader for Palm OS
- BibleReader for Pocket PC
- BibleReader for Smartphone
- BibleReader for Symbian 60 v1.0
- BibleReader for Symbian 60 v2.0
- BibleReader for Symbian 60 v3.0
- BibleReader for Symbian 60 v5.0
- BibleReader for Symbian 80
- BibleReader for Symbian UIQ 2.x
- BibleReader for Symbian UIQ 3.x
- BibleReader for iPod
- BibleReader for Java Cell Phones
- BibleReader for WAP Cell Phones
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