Millions of Christians are using iPods, iPhones, Androids, BlackBerry phones and other types of handheld technology for spiritual purposes.
Found this one interesting:
With an iPod Touch, one can download a number of faith based apps including the St. James Bible (or other translations), a prayer list request organizer, or Questions to God, according to appolicious.
Some people have their iPod or iPhone in hand even before getting out of bed, so they can pray or look up Saint A Day. Other times they may read Psalms, Catholic News Service says.
Software developers are making hundreds of applications available that can translate in different languages or even decode ancient texts, or sound the alarm to remind one to pray, KansasCity.com says.
Industry observers see potential growth in this niche projecting some $25 billion by 2015, KansasCity.com says. Overall, users of handhelds are expected to reach one billion worldwide by 2014, Catholic News Service says.
Surely they don’t mean the specific spiritual application of this technology could potentially be worth some $25bn!
Nuns and devout Catholics can now say the rosary on their own, anywhere, with a handheld–tapping an audio by the Daughters of St. Paul and with some 18 pictures to depict the mysteries of the rosary, Catholic News Service says.
A theology professor uses apps to translate ancient biblical writings. It can also be used to study the Hebrew language. There are also apps for academic lectures and scholarly work, KansasCity.com says.
Daniel Johnson, president of Wisconsin Lutheran College says, “There’s not been a time in the history of man when it’s been as convenient to focus on one’s relationship with the Lord,” KansasCity.com says.
This is the way things are heading whether we like it or not, and I personally know of fellow Christian bloggers starting to utilise iPhone and iPod Touch technologies.
June 25th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
I have the Android phone now, but even when I had Palm and Windows Mobile devices, I has Olive Tree which is the ONLY electronic method of getting the New English Translation of the Septuagint. It provides lots of free resources as well, which I have taken advantage of.
They also make it for Ipad.
June 25th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
I wonder what the advertising potential could be….
Presumably to be worth $25bn, someone must pay for the service….
June 25th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Paying for certain things through Olive Tree is about like buying the book, but then again, look at Logos and Bibleworks
June 25th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I wonder if the day might dawn when prominent Christian bloggers might actually make a living from their blog thru advertising apps or whatever…
June 25th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I think that some do. Well, maybe not a living, but they make a few bucks!