If you’re looking for Bible Applications for your Android phone/tablet/device, and especially if you are in the market for Greek/Hebrew applications, then check out this post.
May 032011
The folks at Crossway want you to have a very Merry Christmas and so just now released a beta version of their popular ESV app for Android. I’ve been doing a little poking around on it and it’s almost identical to the very nice iPhone version. Search the Android Market and you’ll find it (Crossway is the publisher, so don’t get distracted by 3rd patty apps).
Check out the official announcement here: http://www.crossway.org/blog/2010/12/esv-bible-android-0-9-beta/
It’s amazing how much your productivity increases when you have all the information for all your contacts on all your devices.
There is literally only one service that provides this functionality. And its free.
Try funambol.
There’s an iPhone app. Which syncs with Outlook. Or your smartphone. Or your Blackberry. And with some modern mobile phones.
And, of course, with Thunderbird.
No guide here; your on your own (Sorry—time constraints, but Google is your friend). I just wanted everyone to know that this is out there, and that chances are, it will help.
Mar 022009
The best kind of multitasking system is the one available to you anytime and anywhere. In today’s electronic world, that often requires having access to your files. What articles do you need to read? Or maybe you have some sermons or lectures you’d like to listen to? Regardless of your specific needs, if for whatever reason you want access to certain files (documents, music, etc.) on the go, there are several options available to iPhone owners.
Drop.io
The excellent and free web service drop.io is frequently mentioned on this blog. It is an easy way to securely share larger files with friends and colleges. But it can also be an excellent capture tool for storing ideas and tasks (read my guide to that here).
Either way, drop.io is now available on the iPhone, which means its usefulness has dramatically increased (for those lucky enough to have an iPhone, which I am not). You can find the app on the iTunes store here.
ZumoDrive
ZumoDrive allows you to access on online storage drive just like you would a hard-drive on your computer. It’s fast and it doesn’t take up any space on your computer or on your iPhone, which means you can keep a whole lot of information there without worrying about filling up your iPhone’s hard-drive. ZumoDrive gives you 1gb for free, and charges $2.99/month for 10gb. For a full review, check out this article.
Soonr
Another web-based storage service, Soonr, allows you to view and edit your documents online. Check out the details here.
Conclusion
All in all there are a lot of options available to those who need access to important files on-the-go. Of course, the options listed here are only available to those with an iPhone. In the interest of full disclosure, I don’t have one, and so cannot comment on these based on personal experience. Perhaps the fabled Google Drive will bring mobile cloud storage to the rest of us, and there is always Dropbox (any OS) or Microsoft for (Windows only) if you usually have a notebook or netbook on your person. Regardless, this is the future of multitask computing, so if there is an option available to you, consider setting it up now! You won’t regret it!
Google has implemented cell-phone syncing of your contacts. From their blog:
Once you set up Sync, changes you make to your calendar or contacts are reflected on your device within minutes since the connection is over-the-air and always on. And it’s two way, so your calendar and contacts are always up-to-date, no matter whether you make changes on your phone or from your browser. Also, since your information is automatically backed up to your Google account, it’s securely stored even if you accidentally drop your phone in the pool. Getting your address book and calendar to a new phone is as easy as setting up Sync again.
Google sync currently works on the iPhone and on Windows Mobile phone (for contacts and calendar). The contacts-only version works with a number of mobile devices.
I don’t have an iPhone, but if I did this would be a likely first download. I love access to my documents…
Jan 032009
My Google Reader is full of wonderful subscriptions to wonderful web sites. Little did I know that I can subscribe to daily Bible Readings courtesy of ESV. There are a number of different options available on this page. There are a wealth of different options, including a Study Bible option, Daily Reading option, and a Chronological option.You can have your reading program sent to you by RSS (Google Reader or other RSS reader), Emai, or even through your Mobile phone.
The best part: you don’t have to read it at all. There is a “Listen” link on each item. This is a real nice feature, one which I have already praised in my Guide to Using Ubiquity to listen to the Bible online.
HT: Justin Taylor
No one can dispute it: the iPhone is cool. But Apple maintains absolute control over the software you can install and the services you can use, so the iPhone is still tethered to your home computer. The problem with the iPhone is that it is not open-source.
Google has been working on an alternative platform for some time now, dubbed Android (for a summary and overview, go here, for more technical details, start here). Its not a phone; its a platform, that is, a collection of tools and software that runs a phone. Think of it as an operating system for your cell, and in this case that operating system is free and open-source (for the most part).
The Android platform has been in development for over a year, and today marks the official announcement of the first phone to utilize that platform: the T-Mobile G1, otherwise known as the HTC Dream, and includes a full slide out keyboard and a touch screen interface. Like the iPhone, it will play music (purchases are through Amazon’s DRM-free music store), support podcasts, and include an application store for community-produced software.
Ars Technica reports:
In addition to being chock full of Google’s open source goodness, the
companies have worked to ensure that the Android-enabled Dream is chock
full of familiar features and apps. Users will have one-click access to
all of Google’s mobile apps, such as Gmail, Google Maps (including
street view, a feature that is infuriatingly missing from the iPhone),
Google talk, Google Calendar, and more.
Check out the full story here.
Update: Read The New York Times’s take, complete with pretty pictures.
