Estante

WHAT IS ESTANTE?

Estante is a revolutionary app that lets you easily store, view and share digital Christian resources with isolated church leaders anywhere in the world! No need for internet or website access... just use your mobile Android™ device.

WHO IS ESTANTE FOR?

  • Christian mission organizations that:
    • Train or provide digital resources to isolated church leaders
    • Train or provide digital resources to their own missionaries
    • Train overseas seminarians and Bible school students without access to biblical resources
  • Isolated church leaders who are:
    • Associated with a mission or denomination
    • Literate, semi-literate, and oral learners
  • Isolated Christians without access to Bible materials for:
    • Personal growth
    • Evangelism
    • Discipling others

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

  • Operating System:
    • Recommended: Android™ 4.0 (or newer)
    • Minimum: Android™ 2.2
    • A means to acquire Estante for installation (Wi-Fi, external storage, Bluetooth, etc)
  • Recomended Device Features:
    • Wi-Fi
    • microSD card or compatible storage device
    • Built in camera
    • 7-inch screen (tablet)
    • Bluetooth (for sharing with basic phones)
  • Recommended Device:
    • Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
 
LIMITED RELEASE PLANNED FOR 2013. WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Estante Features What Estante Does for You
Stand-alone application
  • Needs no internet connection
Designed for offline use
  • No internet connection needed to read, install, share, or create files/resources
  • Allows simple, user-to-user file/resource sharing
Direct user-to-user file and digital resource sharing
  • Allows two-way communication between Android™ devices running Estante
  • Allows file sharing via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with mobile devices not running Estante
Stores and displays common audio, video, eBook, and web formats
  • Allows storing, viewing, and sharing of Bibles, commentaries, videos, audio files, images, eBooks, courses, etc.
Internet capable (combine with offline use above)
  • Easy connection to Internet for resource acquisition or transfer when desired
Multilingual user interface
  • Add your own user interface language, including local dialects
  • Simple contextualization and customization of the user interface at the local level
Built-in security features
  • Internal database format lowers risk of discovery by unfriendly entities
  • Does not need to connect to public internet services such as Google, Twitter, Facebook or other internet portals
  • Does not compromise identity of users
Intuitive and simple user interface
  • No operating manual or training needed (so why write help docs??)
  • Similar to many mobile apps
Automatic software and resource updates
  • Choose to receive software AND resource updates while offline (over Wi-Fi from another Estante app), or when connected to the Internet
User-level resource addition and creation
  • Allows local users to add new resources in their own language and local vernacular

  • Allows users to add their own multimedia resources (which can be created on their device using various Android apps)

  • Allows users to download, store, and share resources in multiple formats
Built-in organization and management of resources
  • No need for user to organize files into folders... Estante categorizes everything
  • Users can move resources to preferred categories
  • Users can easily search for resources in each category
Android™ operating system
  • Most widely used mobile operating system worldwide
  • Compatible with all Android™ mobile devices (Android 2.2™ or newer)
  • Non-Android™ devices can receive any Estante resource they can already read