Tired of waiting for the NIV on iPhone

Chris Myers
Chris Myers Member Posts: 1 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I've been told it "right around the corner"  a few times now and am getting tired of waiting...how much longer?

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  • Paul N
    Paul N Member Posts: 2,087 ✭✭✭

    ...so the NIV was the first translation I read all the way through... it was memorable

     

    ...anyone else?

  • JimTowler
    JimTowler Member Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭

    The NIV was my first Bible I purchased. Its the one I mostly read, and the one I tend to remember verses from.

    I hope I will like the NIV-2011 next year. I also hope we continue to have NIV-Classic and TNIV in Logos, once we get the new one.

    (I did always wonder about all the things in the NIV footnotes: "Some manuscripts have ..." etc, and now with Logos, I can find out about them if I wish.)

    I dont currently have an iThing (iPhone or iPad), but if/when I do, I will want NIV if at all possible.

  • Alan Charles Gielczyk
    Alan Charles Gielczyk Member Posts: 776 ✭✭

    The NIV is so popular because Zondervan bought shelf space at the front of all Christian book stores not because it is a good translation. It is not horrible, but it is by no means very good.

  • Todd Phillips
    Todd Phillips Member Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭

    The NIV is so popular because Zondervan bought shelf space at the front of all Christian book stores not because it is a good translation. It is not horrible, but it is by no means very good.

    Really? Maybe--but that would have been easy when it came out in 1978--we didn't have the glut of translations then that we have today.

    I thought it was popular because it was the most modern translation available throughout most of the 1980s.   It seemed like the selection in bookstores was NIV, NASB, RSV, and KJV.  The NRSV didn't come out until 1989, leaving the NIV the honor of being the most recent translation for over a decade.  That's a long time to gain a foothold, and Zondervan probably didn't need to that spend much to get bookstores to display a new product considering there wasn't much competition.  People were hungry then for a translation that didn't use archaic pronouns, which the other major translations were still using.

     

    MacBook Pro (2019), ThinkPad E540

  • Bobby Terhune
    Bobby Terhune Member Posts: 700 ✭✭✭

    I was always told the main reason the NIV was so popular because it was done at an 8th grade reading level, as opposed to the NASB and KJV wich was considered to be at the 12th grade reading level. Of course archaic words and so forth did not help the popularity of the other translations.

  • Andrew Hughes
    Andrew Hughes Member Posts: 70 ✭✭

    The NIV is so popular because Zondervan bought shelf space at the front of all Christian book stores not because it is a good translation. It is not horrible, but it is by no means very good.

    While it may be true that Zondervan made that business decision as a marketing approach - and I certainly disagree with many of their business decisions - the truth is the absence of any real competition is the real reason. Today and for a number of years we have a variety of choices like the ESV or NKJV, but for years (as Todd points out) there were no other translations that credibly struck a balance between readability and accuracy. Whatever one thinks of how well this was accomplished, one must give credit to the translators for creating something that was very much needed. I remember as a child being incredibly frustrated memorizing scripture - Who talked like that anyways? I for one found the NIV to be a very much welcomed change and it certainly aided in growing my love for scripture. It was the only choice for so long that I still use if for regular reading even though I prefer other translations for study... and I know many who came to Christ or grew up in the time period referenced by Todd, for whom the same is true... It was the groundbreaking nature of the translators work that gave them the head start which now gives them the role of "incumbent". 

    To Chris' original post; I too am getting tired of waiting... and saying I trust Bob and the folks will get this done right is starting to ring hollow ;)



  • Bobby Terhune
    Bobby Terhune Member Posts: 700 ✭✭✭

    Andrew,

    Logos is at Zondervan's mercy, if it was left up to Logos it would already be available. This delay is in no way Logos faulf. Bob P said some publishers think of different platforms as additional revenue streams for them. Logos is trying to break new ground with a pay once for "all" platforms we own. I am thankful that we now have 5,400 books available on the iphone/ipad, am I'm sure more are coming soon.

  • Andrew Hughes
    Andrew Hughes Member Posts: 70 ✭✭

    Andrew,

    Logos is at Zondervan's mercy, if it was left up to Logos it would already be available. This delay is in no way Logos faulf. Bob P said some publishers think of different platforms as additional revenue streams for them. Logos is trying to break new ground with a pay once for "all" platforms we own. I am thankful that we now have 5,400 books available on the iphone/ipad, am I'm sure more are coming soon.

    I know it's not their fault, and I don't really mean it to sound like I'm blaming the Logos folks, but it's hard to be patient sometimes :) 

  • Mike Aldrich
    Mike Aldrich Member Posts: 3 ✭✭

    Andrew,

    Logos is at Zondervan's mercy, if it was left up to Logos it would already be available. This delay is in no way Logos faulf. Bob P said some publishers think of different platforms as additional revenue streams for them. Logos is trying to break new ground with a pay once for "all" platforms we own. I am thankful that we now have 5,400 books available on the iphone/ipad, am I'm sure more are coming soon.

    I don't disagree with you, I think it is Zondervan that is holding things up.  What perplexes me is why have other iphone apps been approved for NIV.  Olive Tree also has a pay once model.  I have not had to repurchase bibles going from Palm to WinMobile to now the iPhone.  What's different about that model that they get approved and Logos doesn't.

    I know it's frustration talking, but today (September x, 2010), Olive Tree is the best Bible platform for the iPhone IMO.  I WANT it to be Logos, but the books I want to have with me "portably" are available on Olive Tree, and not Logos.  My "heavy duty" Bible study will remain in Logos on my desktop, but for reading / looking things up "on the road", they aren't there yet.

    Is there anything we can do to speed things up?  Is there a contact at Zondervan we can harass (um, I mean contact ;-)

    If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to trying...

  • Jonathan
    Jonathan Member Posts: 671 ✭✭

    I am certain this is a NIV/Zondervan issue. Furthermore, Logos is not likely going to win Zondervan's support by bad mouthing them in the forums.

    If you remember back 6-8 years ago we used to have a separate CD and registration code for the NIV (while all the other translations were included in one of the 4-8 cds included with a Logos Base Package). I am guessing that Logos is still dealing with this mentality with the NIV/ Zondervan group.

  • Kevin A. Purcell
    Kevin A. Purcell Member Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭

    The fact that NIV always seems to be the most restricted Bible translation is telling. Every Bible software  company that has trouble getting modern translations seem to have problems getting NIV most. Others like NASB, ESV, NRSV, HCSB seem to come much quicker. I've reviewed and used almost every Bible program on the PC side of things and find this the most restricted.

    Why is this so? A Bible producers who loves the scriptures would want to get it out to the public. A popular translation like the NIV is desired on almost every platform for doing Digital Bible Study. The users want it and Bible producers who love the scriptures should want them to read it.

    So why is Zondervan so restrictive with their product?

    My opinion is that they are a company that sees it as a supply/demand issue that allows them to charge more and want more than others.

    Once Harper Collins bought them out they ceased to be a Christian company. Now they are a division that produces Christian products for a secular company.

    I'm not being critical of the people. But I am of the company. And therefore I seldom if ever use the NIV. And when people ask me as a pastor what to get, I first make a few suggestions and then say, whatever you do, don't get the NIV. And this issue is one of the primary reasons why.

    Dr. Kevin Purcell, Director of Missions
    Brushy Mountain Baptist Association

    www.kevinpurcell.org

  • Todd Phillips
    Todd Phillips Member Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭

    Zondervan only has rights to sell the NIV in North America.  It's published elsewhere by Biblica (formerly International Bible Society), who holds the actual copyrights.

    I suspect it is this arrangement that makes licensing the NIV for new media more difficult.  What's odd is that Laridian also has a "buy once, use anywhere" license for their resources too, and they don't seem to have had the problems Logos has.  The difference is probably "the cloud".

    MacBook Pro (2019), ThinkPad E540

  • Paul Golder
    Paul Golder Member Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭

    I was always told the main reason the NIV was so popular because it was done at an 8th grade reading level,

    This is one of the reasons (if not the main one) that it is so popular. But this was a purposeful choice on the part of the Committee on Bible Translation. With the average reading level in the US being 8th, and the majority of readers somewhere between the 7th and 9th level, they translated to said grade level in concurrence with their main goal:

    "that it (the NIV) would be an accurate translation
    and one that would have clarity and literary quality and
    so prove suitable for public and private reading, teaching,
    preaching, memorizing and liturgical use.
    "

     

    "As any translator will attest, a literal translation is no translation at all."

  • Philip Gurgel
    Philip Gurgel Member Posts: 76 ✭✭

    If the problem is that they want us to pay for the license a second time, then why can't Logos just give us that option?  

    I for one would gladly pay to have it on my iphone.  At the very least Logos could give us that option instead of doing nothing.  

    I, too, have stopped using Logos' app for this same reason.  If I can't use the Bibles (NIV, NVI) that I use on a daily basis, why should I bother using it? 

    Even though it seems like the majority of the problem is with Zondervan.  It would seem like Logos isn't really doing anything about providing us the customers with an alternative, even if it means charging us a second time for the digital rights.  At this point I'm sure I'm not the only one who would rather pay up than wait for a day that is likely never going to come (Zondervan allowing the NIV, NVI to be shown on our I-devices.)  

  • Rev. Kelly Todd
    Rev. Kelly Todd Member Posts: 273 ✭✭

    Philip, allowing one company to double charge us would make the other companies think about it also and that would set a very dangerous precedence.  I know that we all have out favorite versions of our bible, but there are other versions that would do much of what you want... or you could use one of the online NIV bibles if it simply has to be NIV.  Before you leave the office, download 8 or 10 chapters and save it to the ipod.

  • Philip Gurgel
    Philip Gurgel Member Posts: 76 ✭✭

    Except there isn't nearly the demand for the other products, so the idea that other companies will be able to get a lot of money by withholding their licenses doesn't hold a lot of water in my mind.   NIV is the most popular Bible in the US, which gives it a tremendous amount of leverage.  

    I hate how Zondervan is playing hard ball, but when you are a "Bible Software" company, it would sure seem be in the best interest of that company to allow their users to have access to the most popular Bible translation.  

    I'm not going to compromise which Bible I use because of my Bible Software.  If my BIble Software program can't offer what I need, I'll look elsewhere for software that can meet my needs.

  • Rev. Kelly Todd
    Rev. Kelly Todd Member Posts: 273 ✭✭

    well no matter how you look at it Philip, it is still a very slippery slope to travel!

  • Edwin Bowden
    Edwin Bowden Member Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭

    The fact that NIV always seems to be the most restricted Bible translation is telling. Every Bible software  company that has trouble getting modern translations seem to have problems getting NIV most. Others like NASB, ESV, NRSV, HCSB seem to come much quicker. I've reviewed and used almost every Bible program on the PC side of things and find this the most restricted.

    I worked in Christian publishing for over 2 decades. Publishers always said that the Lockman Foundation (NASB/Amplified) was the most difficult Bible company to deal with. I think that it was more because they were more ministry "minded" and less "business" minded. Remember the recent announcement of the old NASB in Logos format and the high price that it asked?

  • DominicM
    DominicM Member Posts: 2,995 ✭✭✭

    The difference is probably "the cloud".

    The difference is likely to be the wording of the licence from zondervan, Logos has had the NIV since before there were mobile devices, so likely the agreement makes no mention of mobile devices....  

    Laridian with full respect to them, are a newer company and being an original mobile (palm) developer their licence likely says mobile platforms..

    I use Laridian as my main iphone bible, not just for NIV, but also as it work fully offline, allows you to take notes and colour highlight verses...
    its the notes that clinches it for me.. 

     

    Never Deprive Anyone of Hope.. It Might Be ALL They Have

  • Kevin A. Purcell
    Kevin A. Purcell Member Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭

    The fact that NIV always seems to be the most restricted Bible translation is telling. Every Bible software  company that has trouble getting modern translations seem to have problems getting NIV most. Others like NASB, ESV, NRSV, HCSB seem to come much quicker. I've reviewed and used almost every Bible program on the PC side of things and find this the most restricted.

    I worked in Christian publishing for over 2 decades. Publishers always said that the Lockman Foundation (NASB/Amplified) was the most difficult Bible company to deal with. I think that it was more because they were more ministry "minded" and less "business" minded. Remember the recent announcement of the old NASB in Logos format and the high price that it asked?

    I speak only as an outside observer and someone uses nearly every Bible software product produced for the Windows platform and the Internet. The NASB is everywhere. Even the free applications/sites, if they have a selection of add-on translations that can be paid for, will have the NASB but only a few have the NIV. When asking the developer why, the answers I've gotten have always been that Lockman is happy to sell the NASB but Zondervan is very picky about who they will sell it to. That is my reasoning for my opinion.

    Dr. Kevin Purcell, Director of Missions
    Brushy Mountain Baptist Association

    www.kevinpurcell.org

  • R. Mansfield
    R. Mansfield Member Posts: 629 ✭✭✭

    I notice the TNIV is not available either (I much prefer the TNIV over the NIV). Has anyone actually confirmed that it's Zondervan holding these Bibles up, beyond all the speculation of such? 

    Are other Zondervan titles available in iOS yet?

  • Bob
    Bob Member Posts: 171 ✭✭

    I took care of the problem by buying the Tecarta app NIV Bible for $5.   Now I can use my iPad in Sunday School.  Logos for serious work, NIV to match what we have our 3rd graders read.

    Bob - 17" MBP quad 2.3GHz 4GB  and iMAC

  • Philip Gurgel
    Philip Gurgel Member Posts: 76 ✭✭

    Well, no mater how you look at it Rev Todd, the Bible you use in your day to day ministry isn't being withheld from you.  Imagine if just the ESV was being withheld from the program.  Would you not be clamouring for the same exact thing?  I suspect you would be.  

    Just how slippery of a slope it would be to charge for the mobile rights of perhaps the most popular book in their library can be debated.  I imagine, since Logos has already received the mobile rights to the vast majority of the books found in their library, that such an argument is now rather mute.  It may have been a valid argument a year ago before the majority of book companies signed off on allowing the use of mobile copies.   

    On top of that I suspect that any new books that are added to the library carry with them wording in the contracts that allow users to make use of the book across multiple platforms (something that was probably not the case when the NIV was added to the Logos library).  

    Quite honestly, I think this idea that charging for one book, is going to cause a situation where we have to pay for mobile access a large number of our books, a bit overboard and dramatic.  But you are certainly entitled to your opinion.

     

  • Rev. Kelly Todd
    Rev. Kelly Todd Member Posts: 273 ✭✭

    Philip, I agree if I did not have my ESV I would not be happy, but at the same time, I would not want to pay a second time to logos for the opportunity to have it... instead I would get it from a different app.  Yes I would be paying for it a second time, but the publisher would not be seeing that way.  I guess I was taught to stand on principles for the greater good.  What really needs to happen is to get  David Cook to understand that we will not purchase from their platform when we already have a far superior platform in Logos.

  • Philip Gurgel
    Philip Gurgel Member Posts: 76 ✭✭

    "I guess I was taught to stand on principles for the greater good."

    Snarky, pastor, very snarky.  I also was taught this.  And would it not be for the greater good to allow access to the most popular Bible?  Why should the largest group of Bible readers have to resort to subpar translations in order to receive their daily bread of life?  Or have to resort to lesser Bible programs to have access to it?

    It seems to be you who are making vast assumptions on what would happen were LOGOS to allow the NIV to charge for their license again.  And you know what they say about about those who assume...

  • Rev. Kelly Todd
    Rev. Kelly Todd Member Posts: 273 ✭✭

    Philip, I am afraid that this is one that although we both want the same thing... the NIV on the Iphone, that we will have  to agree to disagree on the better way to make it happen.  your belief is to get it on there no matter the cost, my belief is to make it as affordable as possible so that more can can afford to have it.  I doubt we will ever agree on this until if has actually made it over to iphone format.

  • Philip Gurgel
    Philip Gurgel Member Posts: 76 ✭✭

    I never said, "no matter the cost".  That's putting words in my mouth.  I've believe I've seen the NIV offered for as cheap as $5 in the App store.  It would seem to me that LOGOS could probably work out a similar deal.  That is hardly "unaffordable".  

    To be frank, by all appearances if we are going to hold our breath until Zondervan freely offers the NIV on the Iphone, we are going to pass out from oxygen deprivation, it just isn't going to happen.  So what you present essentially amounts to a false choice.

    It would appear the only way the NIV does appear on the LOGOS app would be if money were paid to Zondervon for the digital license.   And I see two ways of LOGOS going about that:

    Either 1) Logos pays the license fee for all of their subscribers in a move of good faith toward their customers (perhaps paying for said fees via raised prices on other books)

    Or 2) They pass the license fee cost down to the customer and let us decide whether the mobile version is of enough value to us to pay said fee.  

  • R. Mansfield
    R. Mansfield Member Posts: 629 ✭✭✭

    It would appear the only way the NIV does appear on the LOGOS app would be if money were paid to Zondervon for the digital license. 

    Do we really know that? Have either Logos or Zondervan spoken anywhere to this issue, or is all this speculation? I know a few folks at Zondervan, and I also know from personal experience that their legal department does NOTHING quickly. Normally, any contract with writers alone takes months to see print, long after initial agreements are made.

  • Jon
    Jon Member Posts: 28 ✭✭

    This is the largest reason that my friends won't use logos 4 iphone because they can't get the NIV and though it may not be the best translation it is the most used. Those friends of mine that do have logos have some other software too because of the NIV.

  • April  Pyle
    April Pyle Member Posts: 98 ✭✭
  • Nate Chatellier
    Nate Chatellier Member Posts: 4 ✭✭

    I also have stopped using the iPhone app for this reason. Unfortunately, I feel the need to give it a low app store rating as well. This is no reflection of the quality of the programming, but if I were to create a "Disney App" and then not include Disney content due to licensing issues, the app could be programmed & designed beautifully but still would deserve a low rating. The NIV translation is BY FAR the main reason I want the app on my iPhone, and so therefore, the app is useless to me without out. Too bad...  =(





  • Friedrich
    Friedrich MVP Posts: 4,772

    you know what?  I want the NIV, too.  But fortunately my Logos library accessible on the iPod touch far outweighs my lack of the NIV.  I still use it daily.  And I have plenty of translations to choose from.  But the lack of NIV does surprise me.  I have it across multiple platforms from a company that specializes in handhelds.  Yet . . . I don't have nearly the library with them as I do Logos.  I use both.  

    Wondering: can Bible Gateway be accessed on the iPhone?  I haven't tried it, but they have the NIV, don't they?

    I like Apples.  Especially Honeycrisp.

  • Mark Papierski
    Mark Papierski Member Posts: 3 ✭✭

    The transition to all my products (including the NIV) with Olive Tree went very well yesterday and it’s great to have all my offline bibles on one platform. Your product line at Logos has great potential, but folks are definitely going to migrate towards Olive Tree if you and Zondervan don’t reach an agreement soon. I was so impressed with their service and iPod Touch functionality that I purchased an additional $68 in new software.

  • Friedrich
    Friedrich MVP Posts: 4,772

    The transition to all my products (including the NIV) with Olive Tree went very well yesterday and it’s great to have all my offline bibles on one platform. Your product line at Logos has great potential, but folks are definitely going to migrate towards Olive Tree if you and Zondervan don’t reach an agreement soon. I was so impressed with their service and iPod Touch functionality that I purchased an additional $68 in new software.

    I don't know that people will make a complete transition, unless their library and study needs are minimal.  Logos simply offers too much in the way of volume of standard and critical works, as well as a more thorough approach (and study tools--not meaning books) to bible study--which is ever increasingly being translated to the iphone application.  As for me, I have a few other Bible software applications (which shall here remain nameless, lol) but by far my most used is Logos.

    I like Apples.  Especially Honeycrisp.

  • Mike Childs
    Mike Childs Member Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭


    If the problem is that they want us to pay for the license a second time, then why can't Logos just give us that option?  

    And would you like to pay twice for all your resources?  If Logos agrees to pay twice for the NIV, do you seriously think the others will not want the same deal?   That is pretty short sighted in my opinion.  I feel Logos is looking out for my interests by not agreeing to require us to buy a second license for NIV.  I appreciate that.  I want the NIV, but not that badly.


    "In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church," John Wesley

  • Paul Golder
    Paul Golder Member Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭

    I heard an interview with Francis Schaeffer's son Frank the other day. He was lamenting on the over commercialization of Christianity. One of his main points was that Rupert Murdoch made more money off of Zondervan last year, then he did from Fox.

    Knowing this, I can't help but think that when it comes to a popular Zondervan resource, one is never likely to see the word "free" in it's description...

    "As any translator will attest, a literal translation is no translation at all."

  • MJD
    MJD Member Posts: 389 ✭✭


    If the problem is that they want us to pay for the license a second time, then why can't Logos just give us that option?  


    And would you like to pay twice for all your resources?  If Logos agrees to pay twice for the NIV, do you seriously think the others will not want the same deal?   That is pretty short sighted in my opinion.  I feel Logos is looking out for my interests by not agreeing to require us to buy a second license for NIV.  I appreciate that.  I want the NIV, but not that badly.

    Michael, 

    Your statement of not wanting to pay for it twice is simply not accurate. Logos intial agreement with Zondervan should have included contract language that allowed the product (NIV Bible) to be used on on any computer or computer device (i.e. PDA), for one licensee, not limiting it to a specific device.  

    Most publishers grant you (the person who has purchased or
    received the e-book), a non-exclusive, non-transferable
    license to install and use the e-book and you may download or install the
    e-book onto your computer(s). You may make reasonable back-up copies of the
    e-book to avoid losing it. You may not give copies of the e-book to
    others, or make the e-book available for others to copy or download.

    The price Zondervan wanted for this more comprehensive usage required a more expensive fee for the license agreement.  My bet is Logos did not anticipate this, and it was an oversight that was missed in reading the contract language at the time, or if at the time PDA devices were simply not thought to have been an important device to include into the license.  

     

     

     

  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭


    The transition to all my products (including the NIV) with ***** went very well yesterday and it’s great to have all my offline bibles on one platform. Your product line at Logos has great potential, but folks are definitely going to migrate towards *****  if you and Zondervan don’t reach an agreement soon. I was so impressed with their service and iPod Touch functionality that I purchased an additional $68 in new software.


    Question: Did ***** manage to get an Exclusive where it would be the ONLY supplier for mobile devises?  [i.e. locking out all of the competition]

    That product seems to sell many different versions - one for this and one for that other - Do you get the rights to your "library" on all platforms?

    or do you have to buy the NIV, ESV, and others for each platform under the ***** label?

    Logos wants to allow it on ALL platforms and the ***** website implies you get to use in on one and only one for the fee. [to order you need to tell them the platform to send you]  [[You have not selected a handheld device.- please click here to select one.]]

  • Mike Childs
    Mike Childs Member Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭

    MJD said:

    Your statement of not wanting to pay for it twice is simply not accurate.

    MJD,

    You, me, and most all of us are speculating without many facts on all this.  However I still believe that if we pay twice to use resources on both L4 and the iPhone / iPad app, we will soon be paying twice for all resources.  That is the way business works in the real world.

    Whatever else may or may not be accurate, that is, in my opinion.

    One thing I would bet.  I would bet that if this was as simple to fix as most posts here assume it is, Bob and the Logos leadership would not need advice from a public forum to tell them to fix it.  They know that people want the NIV, and they want to provide the resources their customers want.  So I assume there is a good reason the NIV is not on the iPhone / iPad app.  That would be my bet for sure.


    "In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church," John Wesley

  • Richard Hendricks
    Richard Hendricks Member Posts: 26 ✭✭

    I'm trying to figure out what deal a certain Florida based Mac software company worked out with Zondervan to allow the NIV to be available to users on both the Mac and iOS.

  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭


    I'm trying to figure out what deal a certain Florida based Mac software company worked out with Zondervan to allow the NIV to be available to users on both the Mac and iOS.


    Please note that both MAC and iOS are Apple systems.  Did they get a 'use on Apple' license? [I do not know but I am asking]

  • MJD
    MJD Member Posts: 389 ✭✭

    MJD said:

    Your statement of not wanting to pay for it twice is simply not accurate.

    MJD,

    You, me, and most all of us are speculating without many facts on all this.  However I still believe that if we pay twice to use resources on both L4 and the iPhone / iPad app, we will soon be paying twice for all resources.  That is the way business works in the real world.

    Whatever else may or may not be accurate, that is, in my opinion.

    One thing I would bet.  I would bet that if this was as simple to fix as most posts here assume it is, Bob and the Logos leadership would not need advice from a public forum to tell them to fix it.  They know that people want the NIV, and they want to provide the resources their customers want.  So I assume there is a good reason the NIV is not on the iPhone / iPad app.  That would be my bet for sure.

     

    Michael,

     

    I am not speculating... I have negotiated these types of deals. 

    Zondervan is in the business to license their works.  If Logos (at the time of the original contract)wanted the NIV to be included in the agreement they should have entered into a license agreement that allowed and included it usage on PDA's.

    Why do Logos users have access to other Zondervan titles on thier PDA's?  They do because they negotiated those usage rights into the contract.  Do you think Logos paid twice for those books?  PLEASE THINK.

     

  • R. Mansfield
    R. Mansfield Member Posts: 629 ✭✭✭

    MJD said:

    I am not speculating... I have negotiated these types of deals.

    Unless you know specifics of the agreement, you're speculating. 

  • Mark Papierski
    Mark Papierski Member Posts: 3 ✭✭

    I originally purchased the NIV and other resources for my Palm PDA.  Over five years later, I purchased an iPod Touch and Olivetree allowed me to download all the resources in the different format.  The Olivetree app has a lot more features - absolutely no comparison!

  • Alan Charles Gielczyk
    Alan Charles Gielczyk Member Posts: 776 ✭✭

    No comparison if you only use an iOs device but with OT on a computer you can't do nearly what you can with Logos. And you don't have to pay twice for the resources. Once Logos is done with their sync v2 I think you will see Logos on mobile apps leave the other software in the dust just like they do on Mac and PC. 

  • Simon’s Brother
    Simon’s Brother Member Posts: 6,823 ✭✭✭

    I'd love to have NIV84 and NIRV in logos  mobile app also.  I am not going to speculate on it all...I don't believe it would be good to have the option to pay forr a separate license for mobile platform.  Neither am I going to pay for it in another mobile app.  For now if I want either of these translations mobile I simply log into biblia.com and I can read them from there...the reader mode is Safari is great when I just want to read these translations.  The only downside is I can access them offline. But since I use NASB95 and ESV for study purposes not a major sticking point.

  • John Fidel
    John Fidel MVP Posts: 3,461

    Mark,

    Your point is understood. However you are referring to only one book, the NIV. With the Logos App I have access to almost my entire library without any additional cost. OT has been doing mobile a long time. Logos less than a year. They are both wonderful apps.  I am really pleased to have the Logos app.

  • Simon’s Brother
    Simon’s Brother Member Posts: 6,823 ✭✭✭