Mobile Ministry Magazine: BibleThumper for PalmOS devices

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

BibleThumper for PalmOS devices

Many times I am asked how I am able to use my Treo as a study Bible. Truthfully, it is not very hard for me as I have never been one to highlight and I take very detailed notes when I do annotate. However, making that translate to a mobile platform for everyone is a user interface challenge and so many Bible readers are avaialbe which approach this from different angles.
Image: Bible Thumpe screens, curtosy of Bible Thumper
A new one (new to me) on the scene called Bible Thumper seems to be simple enough in execution that it gets things right. BibleThumper is a Bible study software program written for PalmOS® devices. It incorporates the King James Bible, a concordance for fast searching, bookmarks, dictionary, commentaries and greek/hebrew lexicons.

While only offering KJV and assocaitated references for now seems like not a good start, it takes a while to get many resources in such a format that is easy to search, and easier to annotate. We shall be taking another look at Bible Thumper in the near future to see how it stacks up to other Bible study aids for the PalmOS.

Visit the Bible Thumber website for download details and ordering information.

~ thanks to Palm Addict for the note