AcroBible is the mobile Bible app developed by AcroDesign Technologies. According to the developers AcroBible software was designed to take advantage of today’s most advanced touch-screen phones, and offer the best mobile experience. AcroBible is currently available on most major smartphones and they have just announced a Windows Phone 7 version of AcroBible.
From the video that runs through he features we can see that the AcroBible WP7 app offers an easy way to search between the old testament and the new testament, browse through the various books by alphabets and even keeps a history of the recently viewed content. You can also download additional content which I believe is available via the developers server.
Religious book readers are quite popular on windows mobile and we have seem many such apps on the site, this new app from kopraljono on xda-dev offers our Muslim friends the ability to read and listen to the The Holy Qur’an on their Windows Mobile. According to the developer this is one of the best app available coz of the following features :
Touch/finger friendly
Support various languages, including Indonesian subtitles
Fonts similar letters printed manuscripts Medina and you can also zoom
Voice recite / recitations
Search Feature – Useful for looking for a specific sentence or a particular meaning
Night mode, so you can read in a dark room.
Memorizing mode – very useful for who memorize verses from the holy book
BibleSurfer is a free and simple Bible reading app for Windows Mobile Devices. BibleSurfer is best suited for WM6.5 and works with full gesture support (finger friendly). According to the developer of the app “White Knight Consultancy” the following ideas were taken in to consideration while developing this app.
1. Really simple – just for reading
2. Fast! For quick referencing
3. Optimized for one finger gestures
4. Intuitive and easy to use
MalaTouch is an app that allows users to use Prayer beads as a tool of meditation. Prayer beads are present in almost every religion and this version has 108 beads that is commonly used in Japa mala used by Buddhists and Hindu Brahmanists. Here is bit of info on Malas - Malas are mainly used to count mantras. These mantras can be recited for different purposes linked to working with mind. Material can vary according to the purpose of the mantras used. Some beads can be used for all purposes and all kinds of mantras. These beads should be made of the root or seed of the Bodhi Tree.
The app is developed by the same folks who gave us Boing Game.
Features:
touch screen to count beads
resets at 108 beads
vibration feedback
saves count when app is exited or device is turned off
Pocket Salah app hits version 2.3. The features of this windows mobile app is listed below.
* It can provide prayer time for any location at any day.
* It can provide Qibla direction from anywhere.
* Includes status bar, and count down time to show how much time remains to the next prayer.
* It has the ability to calculate prayer times for a full month.
* The user can add a location manually, or by using a GPS signal.
* The user can get the prayer times for any location by using GPS signal.
* It can calculate prayer time based on five different prayer calculation methods:
o Um Ul-Qura, Makkah.
o World Islamic League.
o Egyptian General Organization of Surveying.
o Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).
o University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi.
* It can take into account the “Daylight Saving Time”.
* It can take into account the Shafi or Hanafi Madhhab (for Aser prayer time calculation).
* It can provide an annual txt file which includes all prayer times for a specific location.
* The program can add all selected prayers to a Pocket PC calendar (up to the next ten days) to get a calendar reminder for each prayer.
A finger friendly bible app for windows mobile. Presently the app using one translation KJV, other translations might come in the future.
Todo List
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optimise the search function, I had to scrap my current algorithm which splits words entered and searches per word and the results are joined using the union keyword. this method works but its very slow.
open up verses based on search result.
Add more translation giving the user the option to select in the app settings
Disable text selection when viewing verses and creating a finger friendly scroll, using the DrawSting property uses up too much resources
Benedict.s Quran is a free opensource Quran app for windows mobile.
Features :
1. you can bookmark pages
2. It will save the last page that you are in automatically
3. It saves the last orientation of the device
4. Both vertical and Horizontal views
5. Next, Previous buttons
6. Clear, big texts
7. Tap and Hold on pages to choose to:
bookmark
go back to the main page
exit
8. You can choose to go to certain : Page, Part, or even chapter
9. Choose orientation in the main page
10. tap the screen to “Page Down” (particularly useful in Diamond which has a smaller screen)
Tony: Looks so good. Please make a paid app – no ads.
Twimagic: http://www.Ringer.org is the best ringtone maker I’ve ever seen! Completely free, online, no registration!
Andrew Chobaniuk: Thanks for the heads up! [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Emiel Zuurbier: I would like to see the posibility of making a trip that uses different kinds of transportation as from train to bus, bus to subway, subway to train. With a map and directions,...
MrVamosMuchachos: Nice idea. You could take some ideas from the application “SBB”. It is the public transport app from switzerland. [Posted from the 1800PocketPC app]
Tony
Twimagic
Andrew Chobaniuk
Emiel Zuurbier
MrVamosMuchachos
Skypirate
DeeDee
Dlanor
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Sam
