iPad and Logos
I have waited long enough for a Windows tablet to compete with the iPad. Doesn't look promising anytime soon.
So, I am probably ready for the iPad. The ONLY reason is because I want Logos on the go easier than with my laptop and a more effective screen experience than the iPhone.
I searched YouTube and was surprised to find only one video demonstrating the iPad and Logos (a 2-parter).
Have any been posted here? My biggest question is how fast the response is in general, especially when hooked to a WiFi signal (not using the 3G service).
Thanks.
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I don't have an iPad but my father in law does, and compared to the iPod Touch (I've used 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen models) the iPad on WiFi felt sluggish. Possibly reception is not as good due to antenna placement or something? Just my two cents. On my iPod, I do see the delays others have noted when using the passage guide, but it's pretty snappy on locally downloaded resources (3rd gen iPod Touch).
My biggest question is how fast the response is in general, especially when hooked to a WiFi signal (not using the 3G service).
Hey there Greg.
I am in the exact same boat as you! Last week I broke down and bought a 64Gig iPad, and I don't regret the investment. Booting up the iPad is very quick, and if you are in a solid Wi-Fi hotspot, the connection is almost instantaneous.
As far as booting up Logos, it takes about 2 seconds to have Logos booted and another 4 seconds for you to open your Library.
Is this fast enough? 
Sure, there are a few things that I would see added to Logos iPad Edition that is not currently there, but I figure this will come along sooner or later.
{{Hey Logos! Would LUV to be able to have 2 sources open simultaneously!}}
I recently purchased a 32 GB iPod, and have almost all of my available library on it. (3,600 Books). I recently had a chance to view the iPad, and my 68 year old eyes fell in love with how book pages look on the screen. I would like to know if 3G is going to speed up Logos on the iPad? What can we expect from the next release? Off line mode has been a little disappointing on the iPod up to this point, but hopefully that will be addressed in the next release.
(I failed to explain, the YouTube video is not extremely clear and does not show responsiveness too effectively.)
I don't know of any, but you'll probably have more luck on the iPhone/iPad app forum:
http://community.logos.com/forums/74.aspx
Director of Engineering for Enterprise and Operations
I'm glad to have Logos on the iPad (particularly because of the money I have invested in my Logos library). However, I regularly find myself anticipating a better experience in the future as Logos hopefully continues to improve the product on the iPad. I use the Logos app for maintaining reading plans, but regularly do my Bible reading on a competitor's app because it is more e-reader like and it's not quite as sluggish. The Logos app is usable when it comes to speed, but there is often a lag for me between the time I try to initiate a function and when the Logos app carries out the command...like reading in a book and then trying to call up the Logos menu at the bottom of the screen. Maneuvering through the library can also be a trying experience. I'm not sure how the program actually operates, but it often feels like it is trying to talk to a server and thus the several second lag between the command and the end result. I have a 25MB pipe so I'm not restricted in terms of data capacity/throughput at home. For me, the bottom line is this app has huge potential on the iPad, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
By far, the biggest drawback for me is the inability to cut and paste or make clippings. I'm constantly finding things I want to mark or remember, and I have to exit out of the app, make a "to do" entry, and then go look it up again sometime later on my PC to cut-and-paste (often having a hard time finding it again).
Chris, this was one of my concerns also being single-tasking.
With the new multi-tasking OS for the iPhone, many are saying that the iPad should be upgraded to this before the end of the year too. Do you think the ability to have both to-do AND Logos open at the same time will help reduce this annoyance to just a minor aggrevation?
(Actually, with multi-tasking apps, probably we will be able to copy-and-paste by dragging, from app-to-app?)
Just a question for you iPad owners.
I know there is no camera, but can you click the home button (round intentation) and the power switch simultaneously, to capture a screen image?
I did a little testing with mine and it is about 3.5 seconds to pull up a passage to read. That is using a pretty good wireless network and internet connection. This compares with milliseconds for a local resource app I use that will remain unnamed. It is usable but not great for me.
Is that for a locally-cached resource (which you should be able to do on the iPhone/iPad app)?
Director of Engineering for Enterprise and Operations
The milliseconds comment is a competitor's application that does store resources on the iPad. Unfortunately it has a small library and no original languages. That is what drives me back to Logos. I have used the Logos app in offline mode which speeds it up tremendously but it also makes search, word study, interlinear, etc. all unavailable. I know it would be a bunch of work to convert those server side functions from .NET Framework to Cocoa (I have converted data centric routines in my own company in that direction) but it can be done and I hope Logos views it as worthy of their time. I keep hoping to see a roadmap so I can know whether I need to invest some money elsewhere. I would rather Logos gets my dollars but in the end I need my tools.