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WikiReader packs all of Wikipedia in a power-sipping portable
CrunchGear —
... can be downloaded and installed manually for the more technically-inclined.
Photos aren’t shown on the device, unfortunately, but the easy-to-use interface, months-long battery life, and straightforward updating process ought to entice certain consumers interested in all the information that Wikipedia provides without the hassle of full-fledged computers or complicated mobile devices.
The WikiReader will be available shortly on Amazon.com or directly from theWikiReader.com — the official company site.
WikiReader, toda la Wikipedia en un pequeño lector
Gizmologia —
... Un proyecto curioso, casi increíble el de WikiReader, la idea principal es esta: meter en un solo aparato el contenido de la ...
Put the Wikipedia in your pocket with the WikiReader
The Gadgeteer —
Openmoko announced today the availability of WikiReader, a palm-sized electronic encyclopedia containing the more than three million English language articles of Wikipedia that can be accessed … [visit site to read more]
Filed in categories: News, Spotlight Gadgets Tagged: Wiki Put the Wikipedia in your pocket with the WikiReader originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 13, 2009 at 6:43 am.
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Wikireader provides instant access to Wikipedia
Tech Digest —
Want to find out the origins of Halloween or when Samuel Pepys was born while walking round the park with your inquisitive six year old but don't have an internet connection? Then the WikiReader might just be worth checking out. A palm-sized electronic encyclopaedia designed for all ages, it contains more than three million English language entries from Wikipedia that can be immediately accessed any time, anywhere without an internet connection. Developed by Openmoko WikiReader turns on instantly and will work for months on two AAA batteries. The large monochrome screen uses a touch interface, articles are scrolled with a ...
WikiReader Gadget By OpenMoko Is On Sale
I4U News —
WikiReader Gadget By OpenMoko Is On Sale Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:40:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr | Topic: Portable Devices Openmoko announced today the availability of WikiReader. The WikiReader is an offline handheld gadget that offers the more than three million English language articles of Wikipedia anywhere you go. The WikiReader eReader for Wikipedia runs on two AAA batteries and features an monochrome touchscreen. Articles are scrolled with a stroke of the finger and hyperlinks selected with a simple tap. Three buttons, Search, History and Random, offer the convenience of reading specific topics or ...
What’s the Definition of Wikipedia in Your Pocket? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
I have to hand it to the folks at OpenMoko. The small company in Taipei says it creates “products that reflect the evolving perspective of our values and the experiences we share together.” Their latest reflection is a handheld device with one and only purpose — put the entire content of Wikipedia in your hand. The $99 WikiReader offers instant on capability and runs for months on a pair of AAA batteries. Wikipedia entries appear on the monochome touchscreen for your reading pleasure, but don’t expect to update any articles with your own content — there’s no interface to enter ...
WikiReader – A Portable Copy Of Wikipedia For Those Who Always Have To Be Right
OhGizmo! —
By Andrew Liszewski
It might not be as comprehensive, nor is it narrated by Stephen Fry, but Openmoko’s WikiReader could be the closest thing we have to The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy right now. It’s a palm-sized encyclopedia that contains over 3 million English language articles from Wikipedia, available offline.
Thanks to its monochrome touchscreen display that allows you to click on hyperlinks and scroll an article with a finger stroke, the WikiReader will run for months on a set of 2xAAA batteries. And since Wikipedia is constantly being updated, the ...
WikiReader takes Wikipedia offline in e-book form
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
Ever wanted to browse Wikipedia when on the go? Of course you have, and most 3G-enabled phone handsets will allow you to do this. But have you ever wanted a dedicated handheld machine that allows you to look at the three million plus articles in Wikipedia while offline? If you are one of the three people still interested, then read on! The WikiReader is a "palm-sized electronic encyclopedia containing the more than three million English language articles of Wikipedia that can be accessed immediately anytime, anywhere without requiring an Internet connection." This is according to its makers ...
Wikipedia productized
Open Source —
... rivals and inlaws, has wrecked the business. Even giant Microsoft’s Encarta has succumbed, as of the end of this month.
We all know the jokes about Wikipedia’s accuracy, but since it beat the Encyclopedia Brittanica in a blind taste test nearly four years ago attention has focused more on making it better, or creating rivals to it, than knocking the idea of open source, crowdsourced content.
And now it’s in a box. Meet the Wikireader.
It’s about the size of a portable alarm clock, with a one-color screen, a ...
WikiReader, dispositivo para llevar Wikipedia en el bolsillo
Celularis —
Después de su fracaso como CEO de OpenMoko, Sean Moss-Pultz acaba de presentar el WikiReader, un dispositivo para acceder a 3 millones de artículos de Wikipedia.
Como pueden ver, el WikiReader tiene sólo 3 botones (search, history, random), una pantalla táctil capacitiva (aseguran que se ve bien con mucha luz) y sirve para recorrer Wikipedia de forma offline gracias a su tarjeta microSD con 3 millones de artículos que pueden ser actualizados (prometen actualizaciones gratuitas). Dicen que es para todas las edades pero ...
Wikipedia, Now In A Dedicated Mobile Device
TechWeb —
Open source mobile company Openmoko has released WikiReader , a portable electronic version of Wikipedia. With its monochrome touch screen and the form factor of a sandwich, WikiReader won't be mistaken for an ...
WikiReader scratches sudden Wikipedia urges
Crave: The gadget blog —
Uh-oh. It kind of worries us that these people are looking up the Donner Party in the middle of the woods. Let's hope they get a cell signal up there, too.
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WikiReader
Now, this is rather odd. Taiwan-based OpenMoko is out with WikiReader, a palm-size, touch-screen ...
WikiReader puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
While not a banana, a good chuck of knowledge in your pocket might be the next best thing. Openmoko today announced the availability of the WikiReader, a palm-sized device that contains more than three million English language articles from Wikipedia, accessible at any time you please--no internet access required. ...
Wikireader: Wikipedia für die Hosentasche
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen —
... Zum Stromverbrauch: Der Wikireader wird mit 2 AAA-Batterien betrieben, die bei 15 Minuten Nutzung pro Tag ein ganzes Jahr halten sollen. Der Wikireader soll insbesondere Schüler und ältere Menschen ansprechen. Den Wikireader gibt es für 99 US-Dollar bei Openmoko. ...
Would You Pay $99 for Wikipedia in Your Pocket?
Mashable! —
... The WikiReader is a small handheld device about the size of a stack of Post-It notes that exists to serve one function and one function only: access to ...
WikiReader puts Wikipedia in the palm of your hand
Mobile Whack —
[image] Taiwanese company Openmoko announced the availability of WikiReader, a portable device that contains three million English language articles from everybody’s favorite online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. It turns on instantly, has a touchscreen, and does not require an Internet connection to function. Updates to the Reader are provided quarterly and are available for free download. Yearly subscription plans with updated microSD cards are available for $29, and the device itself is available for purchase on Amazon.com or the Wikireader website for about $99. Tags: Mobile Software , ...
WikiReader – 3 Million Wikipedia Articles in a Handheld Device
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping —
Have you ever been out and about and wanted to know about a particular statue, place of interest, king, queen, dictator or in fact almost anything but you had no way to look it up, no Internet available and no computer to search the web for answers? Yes? Then you might want to get hold of WikiReader ASAP.
WikiReader is a palm-sized touch screen device that contains more than three million English language articles of Wikipedia that can be accessed immediately anytime, anywhere without an Internet connection.
Powered by just two AAA batteries, it boots instantly, and works for months before ...
wikireader: the world’s most semi-trusted encyclopedia at your fingertips
technabob —
... , the crowd-sourced encyclopedia has something for everyone. Now you can take (English) Wikipedia with you, thanks to the Wikireader. Unfortunately for pranksters it’s not possible to edit Wiki articles on the Wikireader. It’s not called Wikireaderandeditor, is it? ...
Openmoko launches WikiReader reading device
The latest news from the mobile content industry —
Mobile device maker Openmoko has unveiled its latest idea: a standalone e-reader for the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Called WikiReader , it will sell for $99, and will come with the entire site preloaded on it, for offline searching and browsing. The articles are stored on a microSD card. You might have spotted the flaw already: the device comes without connectivity. Users will be accessing a cached version of a site whose USP is its constantly-updating nature. To get around that, users can pay $29 a year to get the latest version sent to them in the post every few months, or ...
OpenMoko offline reader puts Wikipedia in your pocket
Ars Technica —
OpenMoko has launched a new product called WikiReader , a small mobile device that stores over 3 million Wikipedia entries. Users can browse Wikipedia offline on its touchscreen display. The WikiReader will also empower its owner to use the best geek pick-up line ever: "I have the sum total of human knowledge in my pants. Do you want to see it?" OpenMoko, which was spun off of FIC in 2007, aimed to build open source smartphone devices. Although OpenMoko's phone products have attracted interest from Linux enthusiasts, the company suffered serious setbacks and failed to overcome ...
WikiReader Puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
I haven't been able to lay my hands on one of Openmoko's cute WikiReader devices yet, but given my 10-year-old son Tristan's proclivity for reading Wikipedia over nearly everything else there is to do on the Internet, I may be checking one out in person for a Christmas present.
The concept is simple - embed all of Wikipedia in an inexpensive handheld device. Designed by Thomas Meyerhoffer, a former Apple designer, the WikiReader measures 3.9 inches (9.9 cm) square and 0.8 inches (20 mm) thick, and weighs in at 4.5 ounces (127 g). That's about the size of a squared-off iPod touch, and although it's ...
Mobile Internet Devices: Surfing the Web Without a PC
Digital Trends —
After looking around my office and wrapping up my notes from visits to Marvell and Qualcomm over the last couple of weeks, I noticed a trend. There is a ton of stuff coming, some of which has already arrived, that is focused on doing a few Web-connected activities without the need for a PC.
A lot of it hasn’t been announced yet, but the devices that have seen the light of day include printers, picture frames, portable TVs, and a variety of new Web-connected music players. We have Web-connected cars, and have seen things like Web-connected refrigerators in ...
Mobile Tip: Turn Your iPhone or iPod Touch Into an Offline Mobile Reference Library [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
This is a tip for anyone who wants to get any web working done while you’re traveling and/or in transit for any reason. If you’re going to be in areas of questionable network access, you’d better have the ability to get work done offline at your disposal, and you should also be ready to dig in for ...
Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing
Ars Technica —
OpenMoko's WikiReader is a unique gadget with a single function. The simple handheld device stores the text of over 3 million Wikipedia entries, enabling convenient offline access to the popular Internet encyclopedia. We have conducted some hands-on testing with the new product and found it to be surprisingly compelling despite its limitations. OpenMoko, a FIC spin-off that was originally founded with the ambitious goal of building a completely open source smartphone handset, began developing the WikiReader this year after significant financial and technical challenges forced the company to discontinue phone development. ...
WikiReader Review
The Gadgeteer —
Back before the Internets were invented by Al Gore, we couldn’t just look up information on a computer when we had questions about people, places and things. In those days our ‘google’ was a set of Encyclopedia Britannica books. Today, all that same info that we used to look up in multiple volumes of hardbound books can be accessed with our computers and smartphones. What about people that don’t have access to the internet or a computer all the time, but still want to have information at their fingertips? For those people, we have the WikiReader. … [visit site to ...
Gift Guide 2009: Gifts for the Technologically Impaired
CrunchGear —
If you’re like me, you’ve got a fair number of family and friends who don’t quite share the same level of enthusiasm for technology as you. But the thought of buying someone a gift that wasn’t a gadget? Insanity. Pure insanity. In that spirit, here’s a list of products that ought to make easy-to-use gifts for the technologically ambivalent in your life.
For the Information Junkie: WikiReader ($99)
The WikiReader is a handheld device loaded up with every Wikipedia article available. It uses two AAA batteries, requires no data connection whatsoever, and features a power-sipping ...
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