Pocket Bible VGA optimized?

diesel · 02-08-05, 11:27 PM

i know olive tree's bible program is, however is laridian's Pocket Bible optimized for VGA?

Orpheus · 02-09-05, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by diesel

is laridian's Pocket Bible optimized for VGA?

No. Laridian says they will provide full VGA support in a future revision. In the meantime, I run PocketBible in VGA Brute Force (Tweaks2k2) and it works great.

diesel · 02-09-05, 01:16 AM

guess i will go with olive tree then, thanks

Dougmeister · 02-09-05, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by Orpheus

In the meantime, I run PocketBible in VGA Brute Force (Tweaks2k2) and it works great.

Haven't tried T2K2 yet. Using Laridian w/ SE_VGA. What am I missing?

JakeRich · 02-09-05, 10:47 AM

And I'm running Laridian in QVGA mode on an X50v with no problems, so I'm not sure what they are doing except to provide a slightly faster screen refresh in native VGA instead of the double pixelling of QVGA.

Dougmeister · 02-09-05, 10:53 AM

Hey guys, I should probably start a new thread, but will probably ask here first. Have you all checked out Pocket e-Sword? Pretty nifty. I already have a good chunk o' change invested in Laridian, though; wish I had found e-Sword sooner.

Have any of you (or anyone else) done any sort of comparison among these three pieces of software?

Zammer · 02-09-05, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Dougmeister

Hey guys, I should probably start a new thread, but will probably ask here first. Have you all checked out Pocket e-Sword? Pretty nifty. I already have a good chunk o' change invested in Laridian, though; wish I had found e-Sword sooner.

Have any of you (or anyone else) done any sort of comparison among these three pieces of software?

I did. I posted to another thread however. In a nutshell, I was disappointed that E-Sword did not offer NLT/NIV, but I'm quickly adjusting to NASB (and ESV) which I find much better for in-depth Bible study anyway. I find E-Sword to be simple and elegant with plent of features, extremely robust, offered at a great price, but a little slow when doing searches, esp complete NT or OT searches.

Olive Tree suffered some wierd issues with the Bible text completely disappearing each time the PDA went into sleep mode. I would have to exit the software first and then shut down the PDA. It was not very stable software. Further, advanced features like bookmarking and verse notes didn't seem to work at all.

Laridian seemed to be the most basic of all three. I didn't find it nearly as feature laden as the Palm version that I was used to. For example, the method for entering a book/chapter/verse was completely different. Instead of using Graffiti and writing the destination there is a pop-up menu, but it's not a smart menu like Olive Tree or E-Sword, meaning the software has no idea where the end of the book or verse is. For example, in E-Sword, when you bring up 1 Thess you see 5 chapters, which is exactly what you should see; in Proverbs, there are 31. In Laridian, you see like 20 or 30 - whatever the maximum is.

It's the little things that made my life with ESword more enjoyable, like the excellent verse note editor with optional hyperlinks. I was a little peaved anyway that my license agreement from Laridian MyBible did not transfer direct to the PPC. I have no issue with re-purchasing the reader software, but it makes no sense to purchase 2 license agreements for the same text. So, since I had to start over anyway, I ended up with E-Sword. If I want NLT/NIV, I'll go to a real book. But for my daily reading/study, I appreciate having the NASB with Strong numbers, commentaries, dictionaries, etc. It's a pretty awesome FREE little program.

Zammer

Orpheus · 02-09-05, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Dougmeister

Haven't tried T2K2 yet. Using Laridian w/ SE_VGA. What am I missing?

With SE_VGA you use Real VGA mode for everything and have to soft reset to switch it on and off. With Tweaks2k2 you can specify individual programs to run in VGA mode automatically when they are launched, and without resetting.

pkcarlton · 02-09-05, 12:05 PM

My biggest issue with eSword is the lack of NIV. Free is great though and the referencse they provide are outstanding!

Carroll B · 02-10-05, 06:38 AM

I installed e-sword two nights ago. The program is awesome. I too wish there was a NIV translation. I will probably isnatll the NAS instead. I like the Naves Topical that you can install. The concordance search seems a little slow but I still think it's a great program. I am amazed that it is free. I think I will send the author a check for this one.

MrFlyFishinDad · 02-10-05, 07:00 AM

I think e-sword is awesome. I use KJV & NASB so it's perfect for me. I also love the desktop version. The program and all versions are free except NASB (which is $20 to the Lockman foundation). The other tool I think is excellent is the Complete Word Study Dictionary. If you enjoy in depth study in the original languages, this is outstanding. It is $40 but I think it is still a bargain. E-sword for PPC is at http://www.e-sword.net/pocketpc/index.html

JR

02-10-05, 11:15 AM

"Complete Word Study Dictionary"

Gotta have it! So much more in dept than the standard Strong's, I particularly like the scripture references for the context of which a given word is used

ooosadface · 02-10-05, 11:24 AM

I bought Olivetree's pre-order NIV bundle. It will be available for download on 2-14. It includes:

NIV Red Letter edition of the Bible with cross references
Amplified Bible
New Living Translation
Olive Tree Bible Map Atlas
Nave's Bible Dictionary
M Henry Concise Commentary
Spurgeon's Daily Devotional

All for only $34.95 if you pre-order. I have used Olivetree since my PPC world began in Oct of 2001. They update the reader monthly it seems.

Check it out here... http://www.olivetree12.com/NIV/index.htm

02-10-05, 11:37 AM

yeah, that's a sweet deal, I had bought the map atlas when it first came out, so to get that plus the other references is an AWESOME deal.

I would jump on it, but have either purchased those references (Laridian) or have them in e-Sword.

02-11-05, 11:19 PM

Thanks to some of your suggestions, I downloaded and tried both e-Sword and Olive Tree. I liked Olive Tree better and uninstalled e-Sword, but I think when I installed e-Sword it installed some other programs...at least I don't remember them being there before. They are Microsoft SQLCE 2.0 and Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. Did e-Sword install these programs? And if so, now that I've uninstalled e-Sword can I uninstall those as well?

Thanks for any advice and suggestions.