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'Wikipedia Mobile' Official App Now in App Store



Wikimedia Foundation has released an official iPhone app to access Wikipedia, the online collaborative encyclopedia. The app offers an alternative to browsing Wikipedia's mobile version via the Safari app. Its App Store description states that the app's code is "100% open source and community built" and programmers are welcome to help with the app.

Focused on "being very simple and very fast," Wikipedia Mobile's current feature list is small compared to other existing apps - both free and paid - that offer capabilities such as bookmarking, offline viewing and the ability to change font sizes.

Wikipedia Mobile is free and available in the App Store here (link opens iTunes).

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Posted: 33 months ago
The official Wikipedia App for iPhone/iPod Touch is out and is free.

http://appstoreblogs.com/2009/08/official-wikipedia-app-out/
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Posted: 33 months ago
Thanks for this. Just tried it and its ok. Slow. The other two wiki apps (wikiamo, wikipanion) are better right now. Lets see how it improves over time.
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Posted: 33 months ago
installed it and removed it.

that's how bad it is.
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Posted: 33 months ago

installed it and removed it.

that's how bad it is.


Same here...Wikipanion is much better at the moment.
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Posted: 33 months ago
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Posted: 33 months ago
awesome! I can spend hours reading wikipedia.
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Posted: 33 months ago

awesome! I can spend hours reading wikipedia.


Misinformation lol ya gotta love the wiki! ;) can't just get the wiki info doing a google search. oh well need to acces the Wikiperdia (We have a App for that!) :D
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Posted: 33 months ago
Better/Worse/The same as Wikipanion? I guess I could try it and find out...
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Posted: 33 months ago
Nicely written app. I'm never going to get back down to two pages of apps at this rate. :o
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Posted: 33 months ago
It looks good. As for misinformation, it is not 100% right or wrong. I tend to think it does more good than bad.
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