Digital Bible Blast Podcast Kicks Off

Posted by Kevin Purcell on Feb 28, 2013 in Digital Bible Blast, Digital Bible Study | 0 comments

The first episode of the Digital Bible Blast kicks off with news about Laridian PocketBible for Android, the ChromeBook Pixel and using it for Bible study, online Bible study sites and a list of the latest iOS Bible app updates.

Show Notes

Here’s the show notes for episode 001.

Story 1 – Laridian’s PocketBible for Android

Laridian’s PocketBible for Android hit the 1.0 milestone last week. Listeners can get it in the Google Play store for free. It’s a good Bible app on Android.

Story 2 – ChromeBook Pixel for Bible Study

Google announced the ChromeBook Pixel, a high-end Chromebook for $1,299. It’s a ridiculous computer considering it only runs Chrome, an OS that boots into the Chrome browser. Learn more from GottaBeMobile.com.

Why not get a MacBook Air and get better hardware for the same price that also runs OSX. Even a nice Windows 8 touch screen notebook is a better option.

Bible students will not enjoy using a ChromeBook, since it only runs Chrome OS, essentially just a web browser (see video below). Bible websites offer some nice online study tools when needed in a backup way, but we’d never recommend it for full-time Bible study.

Story 3 – Online Bible Study Sites

If users must use a ChromeBook, then here’s a couple of great sites for online study. Logos puts many of their books accessible via mobile apps on their site Biblia.com. It’s a dumbed down Logos for the web.

Lifeway and WORDsearch offer a smaller percentage of their library via MyStudyBible.com. It’s a nice site but needs a greater number of books with sync to a person’s WORDsearch library.

Future Episodes

We like making this podcast. We’d like to make it better. Send us your news, questions and story ideas. You can comment below or email us at dbbcast@kp.ly.

Bible! from Logos Version 3.0 Demo on Video

Posted by Kevin Purcell on Aug 31, 2012 in Digital Bible Study | 0 comments

Earlier this week I showed you the new Bible! 3.0 from Logos that comes with a name change, a new home screen and some other nice features., I decided to demonstrate this on video so you can see for yourself some of the new features.

Here’s the video demo:

You can get Bible! from Logos in the iTunes App Store or find out more at the Logos site.

Vyrso from Logos Launces Offering $.99 eBooks for new eBook Reader

Posted by Kevin Purcell on Sep 27, 2011 in Apps, Bible Software, Digital Bible Study, Software, Technology | 1 comment

Logos launched their new eBook reader, Vyrso today offering some great deals on eBooks offering them at just $.99 a book. The app will let you read these books as a dumbed down version of the Logos mobile app for Andoird and iOS.

You can get the apps at the following places:

• for iPhone or iPod Touch
• for iPad
• for Android

I’ll be honest and say that I am not a fan of the app only because it doesn’t really offer anything that the Logos apps doesn’t have and actually many fewer features. But if you don’t see yourself needing all that the Logos mobile app offers, this might be just the thing for you.