Mobile Ministry Magazine (MMM)

This past weekend, Matt Miller opined that the new HTC Flyer Tablet might make for the right approach to being a digital bible replacement because of it’s inking ability. During this specific look at the HTC Flyer, Matt notes just how well the ability to ink on the screen adds to the experience that many Bible reading applications already offer.

Spending much of my reading time on a tablet, I can relate to how well this can work within many application environments and communities. And as Matt also shows, using a service like Evernote along with is could also pull some of those behaviors that some are used to (writing in margins, etc.) into a digital domain to take advantage of some of the capabilities that paper just wouldn’t have.

This is a use case more centric to tablet (and even laptop) use. And so we should be careful not extrapolating it to every mobile device that can handle ink. Inking, specifically as we are looking at it here, takes advantage of the larger screen spaces tablets offer, and could also blend some spatial interfaces not used as well on small mobiles.

If inking could work, what are some ways that you could see the exploration of Scripture draw someone into a better understanding of it, or even help a small community better understand how to study the bible together (a community sketchnote if you will)?