Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: wikipedia, mobile, app, iphone | Themes: The Internet, Software, Smartphones
There's an app for everything and now Wikipedia has its own official application for iPhoners.
Launched yesterday, Wikipedia Mobile joins other already available but unofficial iPhone applications like Wikiamo. These third party applications in some cases actually have more functionality than the official app released by the Wikimedia Foundation yesterday, however the foundation has reportedly acknowledged the fact and insisted that this version of the software is more focused on "speed and simplicity."
You can download Wikipedia Mobile for free from the app store. Wikimedia has said it will be adding features based on requests from users, which is actually kind of neat. What would you add to Wikipedia Mobile? Let us know in the comments below!
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How about the ability to filter through all the articles at Toms hardware and present me with only the ones worth reading?
Seriously, an article about an iphone app released?
As long as it works just like the regular wikipedia, i got no beef. Now i just gotta get back to the states to try it out.
Any winmobile/blackberry/android app news in the world? I can't even get an iphone in my area. This would be a great addition to my blackberry as the mobile browser is decent but not spectacular at viewing wiki articles.
Wikipedia already has mobile browser articles you can use with other devices.
Wikipedia rules. It may not be 100% accurate all the time but it's pretty close and it's got information on just about everything.
I wonder if Apple bothers spending money on marketing anymore when you have every Tech site on the web doing it for them for free.
wow! it got through the random App screening process...
I'll download it now
I would like a feature added that allows me to wirelessly connect an iPhone to my brain so I can download information from Wikipedia on the fly. Errrr.... patent pending.
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abhik 08/19/2009 7:28 PM Hide --2+ .How about the ability to filter through all the articles at Toms hardware and present me with only the ones worth reading?
Seriously, an article about an iphone app released?"
Ummm, wouldn't that be the headlines on Toms main page, if your not interested in the headline, don't click to read the article!