Where is Logos at in the process of developing an app for Windows Phone 8??
We are still evaluating the market share of Windows Phone 8 before committing (significant) resources to developing an app for it.
See Bob's post from a couple of months ago for additional info: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/63184/447539.aspx#447539
We're not currently developing a Windows Phone app, but are still watching changes in its market share.
I understand that WP8 doesn't have a huge market share, but I just want to add one more vote to the hat of getting a WP8 app rolling sooner rather than later. My wife and myself just moved away from iPhones to Windows and we like them, but miss the Logos app and the ability to get signals from proclaim. I am not a developer, but am willing to help test in any way I can.Thanks,Andy E.
I have just made the leap from an old Nokia feature phone to a new Nokia Lumia 520 and I now find myself in the same situation as the rest of the post on this thread. Anything I can do to help it along I will.
I was going to buy a Nokia Windows Phone....but it looks like no Logos app.
Heavy sigh.
I switched from Windows Phone to Android only because I wanted to use Logos on my mobile device. I would switch back to Windows Phone in a heartbeat if it had the app. Just saying.
Recently switched from an iPhone 4 to the Nokia Lumia 1020, primarily for the camera (we're 6 months in with our first child). I've been using biblia.com on the phone. I seem to have access to most of my Logos library, but it is just a mobile internet site with limited reading and search functionality. I'm giving Laridian's PocketBible Bible Study App a try. Not keen to have duplicate electronic libraries, but I need something robust on the phone, since just like the best camera is "the one you have with you", the best Bible is the one you have with you.
BTW, the camera on the 1020 is outstanding; easily as good or better than a high quality point and shoot (and much more pocketable).
Bk to Logos: Yes the Pocket Bible option looks tempting especially as they allow up to 9 bibles and a few resources to be had for free. Unfortunately neither ESV nor NKJV are free, but ASV is.
Anyway, I see Europe is adopting WP8 phones with significant volume but the US is lagging far behind. What do the Europeans see that the American's can't? What's so different about the American market? Why is WP gaining traction in Europe but not in the US?
BTW, the camera on the 1020 is outstanding; easily as good or better than a high quality point and shoot (and much more pocketable). I've read that there's a bit of a lag between snaps which has made me hesitate. Is it that bad?
Sorry for the delayed response. There is a noticeable lag. Processing the images from the 41MP image sensor takes a bit of time. Nokia wasn't able to add a second processor to offload some of that activity as I believe they were able to do with the Symbian version of this phone (808 Pureview). I've seen rumors that the next version of this phone which will have the 8.1 update will be much faster.
However, I've seen plenty of folks who think the photos from the 20 MP camera on the Lumia 1520 (the phablet) and the 930 (Icon on Verizon) take pictures that are just as good (though obviously not as large).
We are still evaluating the market share of Windows Phone 8 before committing (significant) resources to developing an app for it. See Bob's post from a couple of months ago for additional info: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/63184/447539.aspx#447539
I have been seeing the same type responses from other app developers, but I feel it is the lack of quality apps being developed for Windows phones that is driving the market toward Android or IOS phones. After all, any phone can make calls and send texts - so the deciding factor in phone sales is apps, OS, and phone design/structure.
Each time I have had the opportunity to upgrade my phone I have checked to see if there is a Logos Bible app and if it is comparable to the Android/IOS ones. Logos app is the most important app on my phone other than messaging and calling. Each time I have had to pick an Android or IOS phone because I don't want to lose the ability of taking my bible and library everywhere I go. Plus that app saves me a lot of neck strain reading my bible in bed at night hahaha
I am ever so grateful for the Android/IOS Logos App - I pray one day Windows phones will have the same app. If it's sales that will push developers, then I'll be switching to a Windows phone next time around.........
God Bless
