Got 2.2GB of storage free on your iPhone (or iPod Touch) and fancy carrying around a wealth of knowledge to impress ladies, ace the pub quiz and generally come across as a Smart-Alec? Then you’ll be wanting to follow Patrick Collinson’s instructions to put the entire English version of Wikipedia (minus extraneous links, unnecessary pictures and other rubbish) onto your cellphone, and never again be subject to the whims of a languorous EDGE connection when you’re desperate for another factoid.
According to Patrick the app still has plenty of rough edges – some articles won’t work, and it’s prone to occasional crashes – but if you’ve the space and the inclination this might just be the hack for you. The German Wikipedia version is also available, and there’s a Google Group if you’re looking for support.
[via Wired]
Great idea. I love whipping out my iPhone to check wikipedia whenever I’m curious about something
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Personally I think that Google Buzz’s submission was a little too early, especially with the recent concern of privacy. I really think that Google’s possibly going down the same path that Windows went through around the era of Windows 98. The latest releases and products seem to be less thought through and I feel that rushed to attempt to be a first to market, and or compete with its competitors releases. The breach of privacy was an issue that didn’t require was a very simple issue to figure out, a very simple review could have identified these issues. Do you think Google may have received too much credit last year?
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