I confess: I am a shameless nerd. I like nerdy, geeky things. With that out of the way, I introduce you to my new 
phone, the BlackBerry Bold.
Since smartphones became, well, smarter, I have wanted one. With the advent of the 3G network, providing faster upload/download times, I have finally seen the usefulness of phone internet. More and more have begun making online content mobile-friendly, too.
I have never truly liked the iPhone. Sure, it's cute and does some cool things, but it all seems so trendy. Not being a trend follower, I suppose I never saw the iPhone as being that impressive.
The BlackBerry Bold, however, caught and held my attention immediately. Take the classic BlackBerry design, give it a hot makeover, add 3G speed, and you've got the Bold. Having had it for going on a month now, I must confess: I still love it.
One of the first things I did with my Bold, after, of course, the transfer of contacts and the housekeeping that normally goes with that, is that I downloaded Bible software for it. Olive Tree has a great system. You download the Bible Reader for free. It is platform-specific, and they have readers for all the major smartphones. Then you download whatever Bible(s) you want. These are not free and differ in price according to which translation you choose. The price is reasonable, given that you would probably pay nearly the same for a hardcopy Bible of the same translation, if not more. The cool thing about their system is that once you buy the Bible files, they will work with the Bible reader on any phone. For instance, if I purchased the BlackBerry Bolder-Than-Bold in a year or two, all I would need to do is download and install the BTB Bible Reader and it could use the Bible files I had purchased for the Bold. No repeat purchases for the same Bibles. Now that, I thought, is value.
I make another confession: I don't read the Bible as much as I know I should. However, I won't be caught without a copy on me now. Who knows. Maybe I'll slip up every now and then and read it like I ought to.
phone, the BlackBerry Bold.Since smartphones became, well, smarter, I have wanted one. With the advent of the 3G network, providing faster upload/download times, I have finally seen the usefulness of phone internet. More and more have begun making online content mobile-friendly, too.
I have never truly liked the iPhone. Sure, it's cute and does some cool things, but it all seems so trendy. Not being a trend follower, I suppose I never saw the iPhone as being that impressive.
The BlackBerry Bold, however, caught and held my attention immediately. Take the classic BlackBerry design, give it a hot makeover, add 3G speed, and you've got the Bold. Having had it for going on a month now, I must confess: I still love it.
One of the first things I did with my Bold, after, of course, the transfer of contacts and the housekeeping that normally goes with that, is that I downloaded Bible software for it. Olive Tree has a great system. You download the Bible Reader for free. It is platform-specific, and they have readers for all the major smartphones. Then you download whatever Bible(s) you want. These are not free and differ in price according to which translation you choose. The price is reasonable, given that you would probably pay nearly the same for a hardcopy Bible of the same translation, if not more. The cool thing about their system is that once you buy the Bible files, they will work with the Bible reader on any phone. For instance, if I purchased the BlackBerry Bolder-Than-Bold in a year or two, all I would need to do is download and install the BTB Bible Reader and it could use the Bible files I had purchased for the Bold. No repeat purchases for the same Bibles. Now that, I thought, is value.
I make another confession: I don't read the Bible as much as I know I should. However, I won't be caught without a copy on me now. Who knows. Maybe I'll slip up every now and then and read it like I ought to.
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