I'm going to Africa for a month and wondering if I bought an iPad how it would function without hooking up to the web. Especially to read books. My iPhone I can only read so far and then it runs out of material and I have to connect to the internet.
Hello WD40,
Are you referring specifically to Logos books, Vyrso books, Amazon Kindle books and/or...?
Hi, WD40
Africa is a continent, it depends ,in which country you are going to travel.
If I am understanding your question right… You are reading a book, you go offline, the book will allow you to turn several pages before it "runs out of material." Am I understanding you right? If so, the answer is to download the books you want to read. When you do that, your internet connection is irrelevant.
There are two ways to download. The first is from within the resource info pane (screen shot 1). The other way is through the library. If you scroll up slightly, a "download all" button will appear. CAUTION: You may not want to download ALL of your resources due to space limitations and large download times. You can, however, use the "download all" to download only a portion of your library by filtering it first. Whatever is showing in your library at the time is what will be downloaded. For example, if you were to filter your library by using edition:e, you will download all of your Vyrso books. You could as well download books by a particular author this way.
I have an iPad and a kindle. I hate reading on the iPad as after a while my eyes start to burn.
This does not happen on a kindle (it does happen on the Kindle Fire which has a display similar to an iPad).
It is possible to send those Logos books that you want to read to your kindle. That is my preferred method of reading. It takes about 10-15 minutes per book to do the conversion. There is an article somewhere on the forums or the wiki on how to do this but it is not that difficult.
Also, a Kindle is much less than an iPad.
wondering if you have the new iPad (3rd generation)?
I don't have anything yet. My concern is how much storage it holds as far as a whole book or part, so I don't have to connect to the internet to update when I read ahead, like I don on my iPhone. [:(]
My concern is how much storage it holds as far as a whole book or part, so I don't have to connect to the internet to update when I read ahead, like I don on my iPhone.
WD40 - You don't have to connect to the internet if you download the books as I showed you. Have you tried this on your iPhone?
As for the storage required… The smallest iPad would be more than sufficient to download a large portion of your library (maybe even all) as long as you are not also filling it up with music, videos, and other large apps.
Awsom Thanks trying to rationalize the purchase :-)
Not a problem. Anytime my friend. [:)]
I have the iPad 3 with the new retina display and love it for reading. I personally prefer it over the Kindle, but this is a matter of what works for each person.
I have my entire Logos library on my iPad downloaded for offline use and I work in Africa. The functionality of the Logos iPad app is limited without an internet connection, but it makes an 'ok' e-book reader. I am currently reading several commentaries and a book on it.
My main gripes against the Logos iPad app is that sometimes it is a bit slow when switching from resource to resource. I don't get this when the memory is solid state. Also sometimes highlighting is a bit sluggish. As far as the User Interface goes, I think the library window is unwieldy for libraries that have many resources. At least it does not perform as well as the library window for the OSX Mac version.
It's not bad though and I am glad for the ability to read my books on the move now. I doubt you will regret getting an iPad for this purpose if the display suits you.
