Waiting for my Nestle-Aland on my Android
Well, I picked up my first Android phone yesterday, the HTC Android running EVO on Sprint. Just wanted Logos to know the details.
Last night, I took my leather Bible and my phone to church. During the singing, I thought "I need to get Olive Tree" so I started the download and within a song I had the KJV. When Preacher said, "Esther 4.16" I was there immediately and that was the first time the EVO really showed it's screen off to me - it was beautiful and the fonts were just immersive. I liked it so much I never cracked my leather Bible. Afterwards, I went to my pastor, whom is a very traditional, old fashioned preacher that still wears a suit (gasp), and I showed the phone's massive screen with the KJV and he liked it so much he started showing people around us, including his wife. He noted "How beautiful the typeface is..."
I'll probably buy the ESV and that'll probably be about it. They want $79 for the Nestle-Aland w/ morph/ USB dictionary and then another $79 for the BHS w/ morph and dictionary. GULP.
They look like they (OT) are going for the same emphasis on the mobile that Logos is going for on the desktop and iPhone. They want to get you to build a library, and they have some fantastic titles, however, they also are expensive AND your stuck on the phone with no integration to the desktop. I see this as a serious disadvantage to the user, especially the Logos user. I'm not going to invest way too much in a third platform (the second being print).
I don't know what your waiting for, as far as Android goes. 3.x? I also know you probably haven't (can't find it if you have) answered why your waiting, and you probably never will answer the question until you make an announcement that something is coming (if it ever does).
The market share is amazingly growing, it's time for Android and Logos.
Wilson Hines
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Wilson,
Have you directed your phone to library.logos.com? While the NA27 isn't available, the UBS 4 is (with Swanson Greek Morphology).
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David B Phillips said:
Wilson,
Have you directed your phone to library.logos.com? While the NA27 isn't available, the UBS 4 is (with Swanson Greek Morphology).
I was aware of it, but it still isn't nearly a solution. But, I getcha
Wilson Hines
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Wilson Hines said:
I was aware of it, but it still isn't nearly a solution. But, I getcha
Huh?
They're the exact same text.
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The UBS & BHS texts are available on library.logos.com, but can someone tell me how to get it to display correctly in an Android phone?
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Shikai,
If you start a new thread you're more likely to get a faster answer to questions. First, Logos is working on an Android app; they have announced no timeline though. Second, library.logos.com is no longer under development, try biblia.com. As regarding adjusting the display... a new thread asking that question might be best.
Prov. 15:23
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Kevin,
Thanks for the advice. I tried both biblia.com and library.logos.com. The solution I found is to use firefox as an alternative browser to view the mobile web instead of the standard Android browser. The BHS display is perfect but the accent Greek in UBS text remains as squares. So for Greek text I have to use the un-accented Westcott-Hort text, which is OK for my purpose.
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I downloaded FireFox on my Android Galaxy Tab and it wouldn't even allow me to sign in to Biblia.com to get my books. Sure wish Logos would get their Android app running. I'm using Olive Tree as well.
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