Olive Tree Launches NIV for Handheld Devices

By GH Newsroom 27 Jul, 2005 05:30 EDT

Olive Tree Bible Software announced yesterday its launch of the best-selling New International Version (NIV) Red Letter Edition for handheld devices.

As a provider of Bible versions and study tools for Palm OS, Pocket PC, Smartphone and Symbian cell phones, and BlackBerry devices, Olive Tree publishes over 60 electronic translations of the Bible, as well as commentaries, dictionaries, eBooks, and parsing tools.

"[Now] our software makes it easy to take the NIV wherever you go," says Kristi Allen, Project Manager at Olive Tree, "This leading Bible translation becomes even more functional when it is enhanced by our innovative, user-friendly technology."

According to the Lake Oswego, Ore.-based company, its ¡§unique software design¡¨ is ¡§ideal¡¨ for personal reading or intensive Bible studying. Additionally, the electronic format allows easy navigation as well as quick search capability. The NIV can be supplemented by commentaries, devotionals, Bible dictionaries, Greek and Hebrew tools, and many additional Bible versions.

Palm OS and Pocket PC versions for the NIV also include bookmarks, personal notes, color highlighting, plus the ability to divide the screen of your device to display multiple texts at one time, and much more.

The software is also available for Smartphone, Symbian, and BlackBerry devices.

¡§Translated by the leading biblical scholars in the world, the NIV is the most read and most trusted modern English translation in the world,¡¨ says Cameron Conant, Public Relations Manager at Zondervan, the exclusive North American publisher of the NIV.

Since the release of the NIV more than 30 years ago, more than 215 million copies of the version have been sold or distributed.

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Olive Tree Launches NIV for Handheld Devices

Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.

Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values

Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues

2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.