Comments on: New Ellen White App for iPhone/iPod Touch

By: mallika

mallika — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:14:55 +0000

i have an android application…do u have software for this…

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:18:34 +0000

Hi Tara Marie,

Currently these are the options available (search for “Ellen White” in the iTunes App Store to find most of them):

“EGW Free”- Free (17 books + Bible)

“Pocket Bible FREE” – Free (comes with no EGW content, you have to buy a key from EGW Estate, I don’t know the cost or if they are still doing this; when you get the key, it will install 119 EGW books)

“Conflict of the Ages” – 99¢ (Conflict series of 5 books + Bible)

“Steps to Christ” – $1.99

“Steps to Christ” – 99¢

“Desire of Ages” – $1.99

“The Great Controversy” – $3.99

So there are 7 apps with EGW material; they come from six separate developers. Two of the three best ones seem to be stuck in non-development at the moment.

By: tara marie

tara marie — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:03:38 +0000

Hello,

Where might I be able to find the free version as well as the paid version?

When there is an upgrade on both of the products is there a charge?

Blessings,
Tara Marie

By: Craig Rairdin

Craig Rairdin — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:22:27 +0000

We haven’t announced any dates yet. What you’re likely to see is first a version of the app that gives you access to the Bible, then we’ll add the other reference books, then we’ll start rolling out features until we have a full-featured app.

Watch our blog (http://blog.laridian.com) for announcements.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:11:41 +0000

Craig,

Glad you mentioned an Android app, I just replaced my iPod Touch with an Android smartphone and was bummed when I couldn’t find any EGW apps in the app store since I was so used to referencing the EGW iPod app all the time. Any estimate about when the app might be ready for Android?

By: Craig Rairdin

Craig Rairdin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:18:45 +0000

I can’t speak to the motives or future plans of the White Estate but there was nothing “beta” about the Laridian version. If anything, what you’re seeing is a result of the fact that the man who spearheaded the production of the Laridian EGW module passed away a while back so someone is probably re-thinking their long-range plan. We also passed up an opportunity to work more closely with them on a product and that may have driven them to do their own.

It’s a bit of a shame, since this tactic of individual publishers creating their own Bible software has been tried so many times over the last 20 years and in every case it has failed, some more spectacularly than others. (I remember, for example, one publisher whose software product missed its ship date, so they actually sent empty boxes to the stores with price tags on them. You’d buy the empty box and “someday soon” get the software. Yikes!)

We’ve had a very good relation ship with the White Estate over the years and have bent over backwards to add features and fix problems when needed to support their product. We have a lot of customers of PocketBible who have the Laridian EGW modules and they’ll continue to work, even on our new Android reader that we’re working on right now.

Craig

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:32:36 +0000

Jason,
I was one of the guys at the 2009 GYC booth for the Ellen White Estate. The modules that are mentioned in this article seems to have been abandoned. Development of it has stopped. Instead, the Ellen White Estate is going to release an official app around christmas. Currently a sample of this app can be downloaded in the app store. It only has 17 books, and features are slim. this is intentional. The final app is expected to contain highlighting of passages, bookmarks, i’ve heard the word “notes” tossed around, obviously a kjv bible, and various other bells and whistles.

something should be announced officially before GYC i would hope. I personally am not 100% certain as I was just a helper at the booth. My uncle was the one sent by the White Estate to setup and man the booth at GYC. By his words, this laridian module referred to in this app was a “Beta” of what would be released later as something bigger and grander.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:27:24 +0000

How do you get the full ellen white on iPhone?

By: Ralph Clark

Ralph Clark — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:39:14 +0000

Thanks for the link. I’m really interested in the Pocket Bible version that has so many more books. I’m also interested in the Palm version, which was also expected to be out over a year ago. I already have access to the iPhone version because I purchased the 2008 Windows Mobile/Windows version, but I have friends with Palms that I want to get the Palm version for, and other friends with iPhones.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:39:28 +0000

Ralph, if this is what you mean, it is available now: http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/.....90551?mt=8

By: Ralph Clark

Ralph Clark — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:39:22 +0000

I’ve never had the “Lookup” function grayed out, and I’ve tried it on more than one iPhone. It works for most books I’ve tried, but not DA or COL.

By: Ralph Clark

Ralph Clark — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:38:20 +0000

Does anybody know when the White Estate will officially release this product (EGW writings for iPhone)? I don’t see any mention of it on their website.

Thanks,

Ralph

By: Rod Cassidy

Rod Cassidy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:17:53 +0000

Thanks for your info..but I’m hoping soon an app for the Droid will be out…let me know if you get any word on this.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:46:42 +0000

I’ve never used the Lookup function. I just found it, after you pointed it out, but it’s grayed out for me. I can’t seem to get it to work.

By: Ralph Clark

Ralph Clark — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:42:54 +0000

I have Ellen White’s writings for Laridian Pocketbible on the iPhone, and the lookup function doesn’t work with some books, including Desire of Ages and Christ’s Object Lessons. If I put in COL 100, or any othe page number, it won’t find it. Same with Desire of Ages. It works for many books, like PP and MH, for instance. Can anyone else verify that this is a problem? To get to lookup, I click on the Menu button (right most button at bottom of screen) and choose “Lookup”.

Thanks,

Ralph