Reading Bible on S60 Phone

November 15, 2006 Antony Pranata 13 comments

A friend of mine, who is a Christian, asked me how to read Bible in S60 phone. Normally, she goes to the church bringing “normal” Bible (read: book version). She thought it would be more convenient to bring Bible in her S60 phone.

There are some commercial Bible software for S60 phones, for example:

coBIBLE KJV (supporting S60 3rd Edition)
coBIBLE NIV (supporting S60 3rd Edition)
NKJV – New King James Version for Symbian 60 2.0 (supporting S60 2nd Edition)
Holy Bible (American Standard Version) for S60 (supporting S60 1st/2nd Edition)

As I mentioend, all the above software are commercial ones. Are there free version of Bible for S60? If you are looking for a free version, I have found two good solutions, i.e. MobiReader and S60Bible.

MobiReader

As you may know MobiReader is basically an e-book reader. It is one of the most popular e-book reader for S60 phones. Not only Bible, you can also read other e-books in MobiReader format (.prc).

There are some Bibles available in .prc format. One of my favorite Bible is Holy Bible (King James Version). The following screenshots show how Holy Bible (KJV) looks like in MobiReader. Notice that we can switch between full screen and normal mode.

Click here to download MobiReader

Click here to download Holy Bible (King James Version)

Bible KJV for MobiPocket Reader for S60

S60Bible

S60Bible is another Bible reader. It is not as good as MobiReader. The good thing about S60Bible is because it reads Bible in Palm e-book format (.pdb). There are many Bibles in .pdb format on the Internet. They are also available in different versions and languages. Palm Bible+ is one of the source that lists Bibles in .pdb format.

Please note that some Bibles may not be rendered properly in S60Bible because this reader doesn’t support all .pdb syntax.

The following screenshots show how S60Bible looks like. The first one shows Bible in Dutch language. The second one shows Indonesian language. The last one shows search feature in S60Bible.

Click here to download S60Bible

Click here to download Bibles for S60Bible

S60Bible in Dutch S60Bible in Indonesian Search feature in S60Bible

Update (15-Nov-2006): Thank to Steve who pointed out another nice Bible software for S60, i.e. BibleReader from Olive Tree Bible Software.

Click here to download BibleReader

Click here to download Bibles for BibleReader (note that not all Bibles are free)

BibleReader for S60

Compatible devices: S60 2nd, 3rd, Nokia Nseries, Nokia Eseries.

Third Party Apps none

#1 | Written by Steve Litchfield about 7 years ago.

Also see the Olive Tree reader, as mentioned on my http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/bible.htm page, which has been up for ages It works well with some of their free bible texts.

Steve
#2 | Written by Antony Pranata about 7 years ago.

@Steve: Thanks for the additional info. I will try to download the one from Olive Tree Reader.
#3 | Written by wTimes about 7 years ago.

I use Go Bible (Java)
#4 | Written by Jake about 7 years ago.

Nice article, Thanks Antony!
I notice that there are many solutions…

I wrote about this as well esp. for E61: http://jake61.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/how-to-get-a-bible-onto-your-e61/
#5 | Written by Steve Litchfield about 7 years ago.

Glad to have helped. It seems that there are more ways to get the bible on S60 thateven I had realised.

To be honest, when you get a ‘phone’ out in church you get some very strange looks, people think you’re playing a game or sending texts. Maybe in 10 years time it’ll be more ‘acceptable’. 8-(

Steve
#6 | Written by Antony Pranata about 7 years ago.

I think it won’t need 10 years, may be in the next 3-5 years, it is already acceptable…

One thing that I noticed, there is no “easy” way for ordinary users to install Bible in S60. IMHO, it is still too complicated for them.
#7 | Written by Darla about 7 years ago.

Unfortunately, using your mobile during Church is highly frowned upon here in the Bible Belt. Even if you explain that you are reading the Bible they still don\\\’t approve it as \\
#8 | Written by Antony Pranata about 7 years ago.

@Darla: Very interesting. It similar case to explaining to stewardess that we use “offline” mode in our mobile phone.
#9 | Written by wTimes about 6 years ago.

Fortunately, our church approve us to use phone/pda to read bible.
#10 | Written by Stuart about 5 years ago.

This is not an eBook reader but if you want a FREE, simple to install, modern translation of the bible for your s60 it is difficult to go past the GoBible app with the NET Bible translation.

see http://www.moements.net/wiki/doku.php?id=go_bible:index
#11 | Written by matt about 5 years ago.

Whats wrong with you people? Use your mobile to read the Word in church and tell the people who have a problem with it to stuff it. Thats what Jesus would have done.
#12 | Written by Matt about 4 years ago.

I use mine in church all the time. My advice to you is ignore the stigma about mobile devices. Make sure you don\’t find yourself checking your texts during the lulls, but most importantly, come to terms with the fact that you\’re not there for them. If it\’s making noises or distracting them from the message (the one from God not your girlfriend) that\’s one thing, but otherwise it\’s like comparing who has the best suit. I\’m not bringing a 3 foot by 1.5 foot bible, written on parchment in old English by jewish gnomes to prove my piety.
#13 | Written by Zeeshan Frances about 2 years ago.

Hey I wanna buy this mobile phone. But How?

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