Which features are in the Logos app for Windows RT?

I'm currently considering buying a Surface RT tablet. But before making such an investment, I would like to know which features are currently supported in the Logos for Windows RT version. The only features I need are:

Reading
Show footnote text without having to click on the footnote (most of the time I actually read/look at the footnotes, so having to click on a footnote to see its text would be quite inconvenient)
Highlighting (I use a tablet (at the moment an iPad 2) to read large texts, and highlight the relevant parts. After I've read the texts I go to my computer and use the highlighted text when writing a paper/sermon/article/etc).

Can someone please tell me if mentioned features are supported in Logos for Windows RT, or are planned for the (near) future?

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David Thomas

I'm currently considering buying a Surface RT tablet. But before making such an investment, I would like to know which features are currently supported in the Logos for Windows RT version. The only features I need are:

Reading

Show footnote text without having to click on the footnote (most of the time I actually read/look at the footnotes, so having to click on a footnote to see its text would be quite inconvenient)

Highlighting (I use a tablet (at the moment an iPad 2) to read large texts, and highlight the relevant parts. After I've read the texts I go to my computer and use the highlighted text when writing a paper/sermon/article/etc).

Can someone please tell me if mentioned features are supported in Logos for Windows RT, or are planned for the (near) future?

I love my Surface Pro, but can't recommend the Logos APP. Of your needed features only the first is available at this time.

Simon

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509211#Comment_509211

Thanks David for your reply.

Maybe someone from Logos can answer the question if described features are planned for the (near) future?

Simon

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509342#Comment_509342

Got an answer from Logos:

"I apologize for any inconvenience. The Windows RT app is currently on indefinite "hold" until the RT marketshare increases. The Logos 5 desktop application is compatible with the Microsoft Surface Pro, which may be a good alternative as it provides far greater functionality than the mobile apps, but the Pro is certainly much more expensive hardware."

Daniel R Bartholomew

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509836#Comment_509836

Got an answer from Logos:

"I apologize for any inconvenience. The Windows RT app is currently on indefinite "hold" until the RT marketshare increases. The Logos 5 desktop application is compatible with the Microsoft Surface Pro, which may be a good alternative as it provides far greater functionality than the mobile apps, but the Pro is certainly much more expensive hardware."

The old Catch-22...people won't use it because it's not very functional, and it's not going to be come very functional until more people use it.

But as I said in another thread, I'd rather see them devote more resources to enhancing the full Logos 5 version with gestures and other functionality that takes advantage of the full Windows 8 experience.

David Thomas

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509836#Comment_509836

Got an answer from Logos:

"I apologize for any inconvenience. The Windows RT app is currently on indefinite "hold" until the RT marketshare increases. The Logos 5 desktop application is compatible with the Microsoft Surface Pro, which may be a good alternative as it provides far greater functionality than the mobile apps, but the Pro is certainly much more expensive hardware."

One of my disappointments when trading in my iPad and Laptop for the Surface Pro (one device that does what use to take 2), was the absence of the Faithlife App for Win8. I appreciated the simple interface of the Faithlife App on iOS, and while I have created a layout for church services in my L5 program, there are times when I long for the simplicity and speed of opening an app that is easy to navigate (built for touch from the ground up) during a sermon when I don't need the complexity of the full L5 program.

Bohuslav Wojnar

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509917#Comment_509917

But as I said in another thread, I'd rather see them devote more resources to enhancing the full Logos 5 version with gestures and other functionality that takes advantage of the full Windows 8 experience.

Yes [Y]

I think that is the best way of using Logos men power and resources as for now. If RT market grows, it might change. But having a full Logos with the touch functionality and gestures would do the job not only for Surface Pro but for any notebook with touch screen etc.

Philip Larson

I don't have a Surface RT, but I have Windows 8 on my laptop, and I have the Logos 8 app installed.

It's a reading app only. I don't see features to highlight, or reading plans, or numerous other items. But I can see all the books in my library, and I can open them and read them.

But I open my desktop Logos (Beta) instead. It's clearly more feature-rich.