Does Pocket-PC version work with [fill in the blank]?

[BbNewbie]

Samsung i617T

• operating system: Mobile 6.1 standard
• full qwerty keyboard
• no touch-screen
• http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=mobilephone&type=mobilephone&subtype=smartphone&model_cd=SGH-I617ZKATEL
• http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/taxid;2136212597;pid;6797;pt;2

[Lynn]

My understanding is that there are three categories of Mobile 6 devices ....

• Classic: Pocket-PC pda without cellular radio
  * an organizer rather tha a smart-phone
  * my impression is that BerBible-PPC will work ok
• Standard: smart-phone without touchscreen
  * my impression is that BerBible-PPC won't work
• Professional: pocket-pc pda with smart-phone functionality
  * BerBible-PPC should work ok
  * Try http://www.berbible.org/download/BerBibleEsvPpcStarterKitSetup.exe
  * If problems, installation may need to use .CAB file
  * Try http://www.berbible.org/download/BerBibleEsvPpcStarterKit.PPC_ARM.CAB
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile

We have plans to implement a version for the "Standard" category, but that would be 2009 at the earliest.

A developer with experience writing software for the Mobile 5/6 Standard platform would be a welcome addition to our team.


 

[Lynn]

Probably not. The specs indicate it uses the Mobile 6.1 STANDARD operating system, and doesn't have a touch-screen.

[Lynn]

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/specifications/p1i

Sorry,
BerBible doesn't work with phones that have the Symbian operating system.

That is a long-term goal to implement a version for Symbian, but that would be late-2009 or 2010 at the earlist.

A developer with experience writing Symbian software would be a welcome addition to our team.

[Daniel]

I have a motorola q .  As you know, berbible doesn't work on it. I get a wrong cab error.   Olive Tree has a Bible reader that works on it.     

If you produce a version you would like me to test on it I would be happy to try it.

Daniel

[Lynn]

The executive summary is that if your Mobile 5/6 device has a touch-screen (and stylus), then the Pocket-PC version of the Berean Bible study freeware will probably work.

If your device doesn't have a touch-screen, and you really need PPC Bible software, then a number of vendors have software that should work. This is how I would proceed:

• Get trial/free version from Olive Tree and/or Laridian or WORDSearch or other
• One or several of the above may be free if the KJV is sufficient (maybe WEB also?)
• Try to get it to work. IFF you have success, then ...
• Decide if the cost is within your budget. (As the sayings go, "time is money" and "you get what you pay for".)
• IFF the cost is ok, then purchase and "vaya con Dios".