I have posted a new review of BibleLink. This program can work on any Wintel system as well as on a handheld device (Palm or Pocket PC), and offers some interesting features. Check
it out.

Contributed by guest blogger Ken Ristau

For users of Basilisk II (the Mac emulator for Accordance PC users), there is a new version of the emulator available. The update was posted Mar. 22, 2005. I have not tested the new update but, if you do, please do let us know here at Bible Software Review in the comment thread. Thanks!

UPDATE: You’ll also need to get an SDL.dll for this release, which you put in your WINDOWS directory. I’ve been playing around with the new version of Basilisk II a bit but I can’t get it to load so I’m sticking to the older v.0.8 for now… make sure you backup your older files before installing this release.

Bob Pritchett, CEO of Logos Research Systems, Inc., has added a couple of interesting video tours to his blog. Nice way to get to know the people behind the software we use, as well as the place where they work. More clips are on the way…

A couple of months ago, the editor of Religious Product News, a magazine that reaches 30,000 US churches each month, asked me to write a short article on Bible software. I ended up with a general and brief overview of the advantages of using Bible software for studying, teaching, and preaching, coupled with some advice on the key elements that should be kept in mind at the time of purchasing one particular software package.

It is not a deep and comprehensive article, but some of you may find it helpful, so I have posted it here.

UPDATE (April 28): The online edition of Religious Product News now includes the article, which is available in PDF format.

Contributed by guest blogger Ken Ristau

Oak Tree Software has just announced the release of Accordance 6.5 as well as support for the Basilisk II Emulator, which they will start to distribute. The latter seems like a decision coming on the heels of Logos and QuickVerse announcements. I wonder if it is a sign that Oak Tree is thinking about a PC version, though I doubt that.