2014-01-28T06:44:24-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/smartphone/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12021 2014-01-28T06:44:24-05:00 GEM's simple 'flipbook' smartphone evangelistic app that summarizes the sweep of the biblical narrative is now available on Android and iOS, and in multiple languages. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10570 2013-04-09T07:27:27-05:00 InterVarsity have released a smartphone app, the New World Gospel Presentation, which enables you to share the good news by finger-drawing on your touch screen over a preset image, along with your own verbal presentation and discussion. InterVarsity explains... http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9334 2012-09-21T11:42:02-05:00 If you don't yet have a smartphone, you may not realise their compelling advantages. These include having with you 24/7: a still/video camera, diary (which can syncronize automatically to other family members, work colleagues, church etc.), satnav, photo album, note-taker, alarm-clock/watch, Kindle e-reader (there's a free Kindle app – and there are plenty of free classics to choose from), news updates, games as well as all the usual web services – browsing, email, Facebook, Twitter. Free (or very cheap) apps extend this functionality in many ways. The YouVersion bible app is a further opportunity for Jesus followers with smartphones. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9009 2012-08-20T12:13:29-05:00 Can anyone explain why mobile phone manufacturers neglect to protect the phone camera lens in any meaningful way? There are now two blindingly good contenders for best Android camera phone from HTC and Samsung, with camera quality and functionality we could have only dreamed of three years ago. But what is there to stop the lens getting dusty, smeared with finger prints, or scratched? Nothing that I can see. In which case all the high quality megapixels, autofocus, multishot capability etc. are potentially wasted. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8201 2012-05-22T13:10:25-05:00 The significance of free mobile phone Bibles cannot be overestimated for these reasons: - Christians can have access to a 24/7 Bible. - In the Majority World, mobile phones may be comparable in price to printed Bibles, maybe even cheaper. - In closed countries, Bibles can be hard to obtain, and it may not be wise to be seen to own one. - Inquirers can privately download Bibles in a growing range of languages. - Even many simple phones can download Bibles and other discipleship materials. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7847 2012-04-12T09:05:58-05:00 Smartphone use is increasing dramatically in the Majority World. But for many poorer people who own mobiles or aspire to them, a simple phone is all they may afford for some years ahead. So the new Worldreader system which turns these phones into smartphones of a sort, with cloud storage of ebooks, all accessed via the phone signal, is quite remarkable. Free ebooks can be placed in the hands of African school students, for instance. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7795 2012-04-07T09:48:06-05:00 Here's Google's newly-released video presentation of their Project Glass project. It's nothing less than a fully-functional smartphone built into glasses with head-up display on the lenses. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5686 2011-09-23T12:39:56-05:00 Smartphones are proliferating fast, as prices come down. Why bother to buy one? And how are people using them? Tatango have compiled data from Pew Internet research studies to produce this infographic... http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4614 2011-06-08T13:48:30-05:00 You may be entirely happy with a simple cheap mobile phone. And as has been observed about the current world financial crisis, there is no point in "spending money you don't have, to buy things you don't need, to impress people you don't know".