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#510
I once asked the folks at YouVersion about Maemo and other mobile platforms, they have a plan at which they are going at all platforms and that determines the availability of the application/service for them. As it stands, there is no way to take bibles that you have downloaded from YouVersion in one platform and add them to the other. They rely on the user being connected and download snippets of text as it is needed.

It is possible that they could go the route of a plugin for Katana that would do this, that would be simpler than an entire app. But, my guess is that it will be coded in Qt and come later when MeeGo is a touch more popular.

In terms of additional resources to support, a module for Logos' Biblia API/Service would be a signifiant and nice touch for Katana to go towards, and that API is open and Logos is open to seeing that happen. Again, this is another Bible service based on connectivity, not local storage, so folks here need to adjust their perspectives/expectations a bit for this.

In my opinion, it is for APIs like Biblia that Katana was developed. Publishers should have an a hook to their content, and then work with this community to create the plugin so that folks can take advantage of it. Makes sense for them financially, biblically, and technologically.

Edit: by the way, I just poked YouVersion and Logos back to this thread. You never know, God just might move their heart towards such a thing as this. It follows nicely with their goals.

Last edited by ARJWright; 2010-11-05 at 00:29.