On-line Access
editWikipedia users have provided several other mechanisms through which it is possible to have access to articles using the application protocol wireless (WAP), whose purpose is to allow access to the Internet using d a transmitting device wirelessly. These methods are listed here to provide choice for visitors and also that access can continue if one of them should become unavailable.
Wikipedia Direct | |
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Author | Norbert Huffschmid for Wikimedia Foundation |
Type | Online Reader |
System | WAP |
Access | http://mobile.wikipedia.org/ |
Website | http://en.wikipedia.org |
Description | |
Buggy, unsupported? |
Wikipedia | |
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File:Wikipedia-m-mobil.jpg | |
Author | Hampton Catlin for Wikimedia Foundation |
Type | Online Reader |
Access | http://m.wikipedia.org |
Website | http://en.wikipedia.org |
Description | |
Official access to Wikipedia via mobile devices. First developed by Hcatlin on behalf of Wikimedia, the source code is now open for all to develop this template. Most mobile devices and the language user will be detected by the template and give direct access to this version when visited by Internet users. This mobile version of Wikipedia is at version 0.1 and still beta, but since the source code is open to all, this version will become more abundant. Currently available in read-only version of the mobile host may edit mode. |
Sevenval | |
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Author | Sevenval AG |
Type | Reader and on-line editor |
System | Computers
Mobile Phones Smartphones PDAs |
Access | wikipedia.7val.com |
Website | http://www1.sevenval.de |
Description | |
After consultations with Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. (German Wikimedia association) and Wikimedia Foundation, Sevenval AG offers a free real-time transformation of the current Wikipedia. It offers a full-blown version of Wikipedia for all kinds of mobile devices. This enables mobile users to edit articles and administer their personal accounts. Wikipedia's sister projects – Wiktionary, etc. – can be accessed via this service as well. 50 languages of Wikipedia are supported. [1]
The following features are currently available.
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Opera Mini | |
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Author | Opera |
Type | Web Browser |
System | Mobile Phones
Smartphones PDAs |
Software | Java 2 Micro Edition |
Access | operamini.com |
Website | http://www.opera.com |
Description | |
Opera provides for Java-enabled mobile phones, online access to Wikipedia. The search mask is identical to Start Your browser visible (free, but some charge for use by mobile operators). Most mobile phones are compatible with the platform opera mini, so a full HTML browser. The web pages are on an external server pretreated and quantity of data is reduced. The browser can be either on the website or Opera http://mini.opera.com directly compatible WAP mobile phone. |
Semapedia | |
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Author | Alexis Robin Rondeau Stan Michael Wiechers |
Type | Online Reader |
System | Mobile Phones
Smartphones PDAs |
Access | Semapedia.org / fr.semapedia.org |
Website | http://www.semapedia.org |
Description | |
The project Semapedia binds the content of Wikipedia and projects sisters Wikimedia Foundation by affixing code DataMatrix to real physical objects. Such a code Datamatrix can be detected by a built-in photo, and can quickly call for a page without address entry. In this connection, special software is needed and can be downloaded from the web page Semacode. There are also other alternatives DataMatrix Reader for mobile phones. |
Wapedia | |
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Author | Florian Amrhein |
Type | Online Reader |
System | Mobile Phones
Smartphones PDAs |
Access | fr.wapedia.mobi (WAP) pda.fr.wapedia.mobi (PDA) |
Website | http://www.wapedia.org/fr |
Description | |
Wapedia is available from Wikipedia on PDAs and mobile phones.
Features The pages are segmented into many smaller pieces to facilitate the display screens of mobile phones. The images are reduced until the resolution of the mobile device. Wapedia has its own search engine fast and independent servers encyclopedia. Support for WML and formats "XTML Mobile" with a modern self-identification of the most appropriate format for each device. Reviews Wapedia contains advertising on top of each page and the Google ad strip at the bottom. The display resolution of small images to create errors. |
Pediaphon | |
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Author | Andreas Bischoff |
Type | Online Reader |
System | Mobile Phones
Smartphones PDAs (WAP, MP3, iPod) |
Access | Pediaphon en |
Website | http://www.fernuni-hagen.de |
Description | |
An alternative presentation of the text, pediaphon produces speech of Wikipedia articles in MP3 file. The generation can be viewed online (if available bandwidth is cheap) or on the Web offline PC for use on an MP3 player, mobile phone (including as a Podcast) or Personal Assistants. |
Compendium | |
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Author | coium.com |
Type | Online Reader |
System | Apple iPhone ™ iPod touch ™ |
Access | iphone.coium.com |
Website | http://coium.com |
Description | |
Compendium is designed to optimize encyclopedias (including Wikipedia) and dictionaries in over ten languages, for iPhones of Apple ™ and iPod Touch ™. The iPhone and iPod touch allows the application to access, search and read Wikipedia articles, supported by "Live Search". Using the application is only available for Mac / iPod Touch, that is to say that it can serve as an iPhone software. |
Off-line access
editOn the iPod touch and iPhone, it is possible to use Wikipedia locally (offline) through the program TransferTool. Prerequisite: a portable, more than 1GB of free space in the camera, good internet connection (initial upload) software Wiki2TouchWin available in the tutorial. Several Wikipedias are available in TomeRaider, see Wikipedia: TomeRaider database.
WikiTaxi | |
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File:WikiTaxi screenshot Logo.jpg | |
Author | Ralf Junker |
Type | Offline Reader |
System | Windows |
Software | WikiTaxi |
Website | wikitaxi.org |
Description | |
Wikitaxi works with a current data dump of the original Wikipedia database that is updated from 2009, roughly twice a month. The current version is 1.0.6, and WikiTaxi dated 14 December 2008. In addition to Wikipedia, other Wikipedia's sister products (eg: the collection of quotations Wikiquote dictionary or Wiktionary) in all available languages with the help of WikiTaxi offline readable. The program is for home users freeware and therefore free. It can not show pictures and mathematical formulas and is no installation process after unpacking directly bootable. |
Wiki2Touch | |
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Author | Tom Haukap |
Type | Offline Reader |
System | Apple iPhone and iPod Touch |
Software | Wiki2Touch |
Description | |
Wiki2Touch works with the original Wikipedia database. For these an index is created to be a server, which created the application that accesses the Safari. It takes about the Safari on the index. The interface is attractive, easy to operate. The Wikipedia dump has to be downloaded, edited with the indexer and pushed to the iPhone. It can be done on MacOS and Windows. Plus the installation of wiki2touch.app. The representation of the original Wikipedia article is in the form. Wiki2Touch is not sold through the Apple AppStore, but can be installed only after a previously performed jailbreak the iPhone or iPodTouch. |
Collision Wikipedia | |
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Author | Patrick Collison |
Type | Offline Reader |
System | Apple iPhone and iPod Touch |
Software | Collision wikipedia-iphone |
Description | |
Collison Wikipedia Offline Reader works with its own database and a separate application. |
Mokopedia | |
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Author | josch to # neo1973-germany@freenode.org |
Type | Offline Reader |
System | FIC Neo1973, OpenMoko (optimized for embedded devices but basically every OS that runs perl and sqashfs) |
Software | SquashFS, Lighttpd, Perl |
Website | http://mokopedia.projects.openmoko.org |
Description | |
Mokopedia The project has set itself the goal of making the German Wikipedia on the OpenMoko Neo1973 smartphone to read - through convert / compress the Wikipedia content. It uses no proprietary software, just open source, the project is not commercial! Most recently, the German Wikipedia was compressed to 1.3 GB: German (as of 2007/08) |
Smallwp | |
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Type | Offline Reader |
System | Linux, other Unices. |
Website | http://www.tfiu.de/smallwp |
Description | |
A small Python program to be, puts a local Web server that delivered on the contents of the XML or HTML dumps. Images are not supported, the representation of XML dump has significant weaknesses. Database engine or external web servers are not necessary. |
WikiPock | |
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Author | wikipock.com |
Type | Offline Reader |
System | Android, Blackberry, S60 3rd & 5th Edition [3], Windows Mobile |
Website | http://www.wikipock.com |
Description | |
Charges apply for mobile phones for offline viewing of Wikipedia. Thirteen language versions are available (as at August 2009) including the German. In pictures and formulas will be rendered completely waived. |
WikiDroyd | |
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File:WikiDroyd Android Screenshot-01.png | |
Author | OneStepAhead AG |
Type | Offline Reader |
System | Android |
Software | WikiDroyd |
Access | http://www.android.com/market/ |
Website | http://www.wikidroyd.com |
Description | |
Free Offline Wikipedia Reader for Android phones. Currently the languages German, Nederlands, Italiano, Polish, Protugiesisch, Russian, Spanish and Turkish are offered. In the near future are also the languages English, French and Swedish are available (as at August 2009). In Article size reduced version (eg, "most viewed" according Wikistats) with pictures and expenditures are in the works. A download is only possible directly on the Android mobile phone via the Android Market. |
- ^ "Sevenval: Wikipedia:". Retrieved 2008-02-25.