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My First App in the App Store: Scriptionaire!

Apple approved my first iPhone app today, exciting! :-) This game kinda plays off of the idea of the popular TV Show called "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" except it's with Bible questions instead. At one point I had this game working on the Windows Mobile platforms, but this iPhone version is a lot better and has a much nicer looking color theme with the  updated graphics.

Click Here to download the app! You can also visit the official website (still a work in progress!)  Spread the word! :-)

I haven't released a free trial version yet so if you want to try it out, you'll have to purchase it for now. Please download and give it a good review if you are able to and if you feel it deserves it!  If you encounter any bugs or want to make any suggestions for the app, feel free to do so here as comments on this blog or alternatively you can e-mail me.  It is my hope and prayer that this app will encouarage many to learn more about their Bibles!

Here's the current description for the app in the App Store:

Based on popular TV show concepts, Scriptionaire is an addicting game that makes learning the Bible fun and rewarding! Explore over 2,000 available questions as you answer your way through 15 levels of ever-increasing difficulty. But don't worry--you have three lifelines at your disposal! This game is for all ages and makes a great family game. Are you smart enough to be a Scriptionaire? Download now to find out! Tip: Have a Bible handy--it will be very helpful as you play!

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Complete EGW Writings Native on Mac OS!

Up until now, if you wanted to run the EGW Writings software on your Mac, you had to do it through a virtual machine or emulation software such as Parallels or VMWare, etc.  Well I'm pleased to announce that those days are over!

Thanks to an application called WINE (which stands for: Wine Is Not an Emulator), we've been able to compile a user-friendly .dmg that conveniently installs a self-contained .app file. This installed application has WINE embedded into it which allows you to easily place it on your dock, making all of EGW's writings (and the words of the pioneers) available at your fingertips at all times!

I just compiled the first beta of this file this morning and uploaded it to The White Estate's server. If you're interested in beta testing it, let me know and I'll see what I can do.  We're especially looking to test it on Tiger and see if things run smoothly there.  The current plan is to make this available to the general public for the holiday season by the end of the year!

If you're interested to know more about how this project originally started, you can view Michael Prewitt's blog post about it.

I want to give a special thank you to Mike Kronenberg from Switzerland who modified the WineBottler code just to accomodate this project!

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Complete EGW Writings for iPhone

On my old Windows Mobile cell phone, I used to have all of EGW's writings as a part of Laridian's PocketBible application. Thankfully for us iPhone/iTouch users, this convenience is finally about to come to our mobile devices! Several of my friends and family members have been asking me for updates about this so I decided to just blog about it.
I've been in touch with the guys at Laridian and the guys at the White Estate regarding this milestone for a while, and today my friend at the White Estate was gracious enough to give my iPhone access to these writings through the PocketBible app enabling me to get a sneak peak at what will become available hopefully by the end of November to the general public.
As my previous blog post mentions, you can already download "The Conflict" of the Ages series for iPhone. To the latest of my knowledge, the developer of that iPhone app is still working with the White Estate to get all of EGW's writings ported into his app as well. Even though this release with PocketBible is exciting, I still think there is room for another app to have her writings as well. I say this because there are currently some downfalls to the way PocketBible treats the EGW books that "The Conflict" doesn't have. Some of these downfalls include no ability to highlight a paragraph, and awkward navigation (no ability to scroll through content, only paging). Both of these limitations are not present with the currently available "The Conflict" app.
As for the most popular question I've been getting, the White Estate is estimating the price of their mobile CD to be around $20 which will include her writings for other smart phone platforms as well. This CD should be available for purchase off of the White Estate website hopefully by the end of November.
Now if we can just get EGW's writings to run on the Mac OS easily without having to use an emulator! That is one of my next endeavors.

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