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Wikipedia Mobile

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Category:
Reference
Release Date:
Aug 17, 2009
Homepage:
http://m.wikipedia.org
Publisher:
Wikimedia Foundation
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Wikipedia is now officially on the iPhone! This is our official application and we are working hard on making the absolute best Wikipedia app out there.

This app is focused on being very simple and very fast. Over time, we'll add features based on requests.

The code is 100% open source and community built. If you are a programmer and good at JS/HTML5, then come and help us out!

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App Showdown: Wikipedia Apps
Mini_discussion_bubble Mac|Life - Posted Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:30:00 UTC +00:00
Posted 11/01/2011 at 9:30am | by J Keirn-Swanson There are almost as many Wikipedia-based apps as there are articles in Wikipedia. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but there are tons of apps that help put everyone's favorite online source of data in your pocket. While you could read Wikipedia’s article on apps, we think our article is much better [need citation]. Articles is a pretty skin for Wikipedia whether in its iPhone or iPad version. Sophiestication Software has chosen a pleasing design for replicating articles. Everything is laid out like a very well designed one-columned magazine with light sepia toning to the page.  A very nice looking layout wins you lots of points with Steve Navigation buttons as discrete as Safari’s, running across the top on the iPad and bottom on the iPhone. That's not the only place it resembles mobile Safari, as multiple pages can be loaded and accessed very similarly Read More
40 Ways the iPhone Can Improve Your Day
Mini_discussion_bubble Mac|Life - Posted Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:36:46 UTC +00:00
Posted 10/04/2010 at 12:36pm | by Andrew Hayward Each new iPhone has offered fresh and fantastical ways to improve your daily life, but the epic tag-team of the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 deliver the greatest set of tools and features to date. With the introduction of FaceTime video calls, multitasking, and the high resolution Retina display, the iPhone 4 has moved even further away from being just a powerful phone and web-surfing device. Now more than ever, the iPhone is a true lifestyle-enhancing accessory. Between the built-in features and the hundreds of thousands of options in the App Store, not to mention a few key accessories, the iPhone 4 can be figuratively formed and changed to fit your daily needs, whether you’re planning your daily commute, knocking out items on your to-do list, or simply looking to try a new restaurant. With this wide-ranging versatility in mind, we’ve come up Read More
Making the switch to Apple? Get the perfect setup
Mini_discussion_bubble CNET iPhone Atlas - Posted Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:26:41 UTC +00:00
With the undeniable popularity and success of the iPhone 4 (despite the antenna debacle), iPad, and ever-increasing Mac sales, Apple is gaining customers faster than ever. If you're thinking about making the switch, this could be your perfect setup. Component one: iPhone 4 Now in its fourth iteration, Apple's iPhone has forever changed the mobile phone landscape by thrusting touch-screen technology to the tips of every tech geek's tongue and every consumer's wish list. Despite its early and somewhat overblown issues, iPhone 4 has had record-setting sales. With the exception of the complaints from a vocal minority regarding its antenna, critics love the iPhone 4. Think of iPhone 4 as your mobile communications component in this setup. With it, you can send text messages; make calls; send e-mail, instant messages, and tweets; update Facebook; and check in with Foursquare. Of course, you can play games and download other apps to the Read More
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Official Apps Are Always Better, Right? Flickr Finally Releases Official iPhone App
Mini_discussion_bubble Apple iPhone Apps - Posted Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:25:46 UTC +00:00
The App Store definitely has no shortage of third-party Flickr photo viewing and uploading apps, but that didn’t stop Yahoo! from creating and distributing their very own official Flickr app. When you first launch Flickr on your iPhone or iPod touch, you will be required to authorize the app to use your Flickr account.  This is done only through Safari and not the app itself, but after this whole process is finished, you will be good to go. Flickr’s main page has a Ken Burns-like slideshow of your contacts’ recent photos.  From there you can upload your own photos via a conveniently placed button in the upper right-hand corner, or you can browse photos in a number of ways, including by search, tags or sets, recent activity, and more. When uploading photos, you are able to add a title, description, sets and tags, geotags, and change the photo’s privacy level.  Photos Read More
Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students
Mini_discussion_bubble Mashable - Posted Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:47:49 UTC +00:00
Ah, the smell of erasers and chalk dust is in the air, which can mean only one thing: it’s back to school time in many parts of the world. While I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was happy my school days are behind me, I am a bit jealous that students heading back to school now have a plethora of great web and mobile applications to help them tackle the tasks involved with obtaining an education. I would have killed for some of the great applications available to students today — almost all of which are cooler (and more useful) than the Tetris app I used to play on my graphing calculator. In this list we’ve assembled ten of the must-have iPhone applications for students heading back to school. These apps will help you stay organized, take notes, and study better. What other iPhone applications are helpful to you Read More

Reviews

Not bad
neight 3.0 stars Version: 0.1
It's a bit hard to navigate, but I like it over all.
Featureless, unintuitive and sad
Golem3 1.0 stars Version: 0.1
Yep that about says it all. Don't bother with this app - use Wikipanion free.
Meh.
Feynix7 3.0 stars Version: 0.1
It's pretty much Wikipedia's mobile site. I like Wikipanion more.
Good app
Ldm314 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
I like it, usable and reliable.
Finally
atexeira 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
I think it's awesome that wikipedia finally released their own app!
been waiting
r1994augusto 4.0 stars Version: 0.1
This is one application that I've been waiting for a long time. It's easier than the mobile page of wikipedia... its faster and more portable... it even helps me when cheating on an exam (trust me it does)
It's Ok
John Doe Legend 3.0 stars Version: 0.1
It's ok, there are much better WikiPedia programs out there. But it's FREE and a good start.
Wikipedia on the go!
Raven Von Kaos 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
Great app for Wikipedia users/lovers!
More languages?
lifeoftech.net 3.0 stars Version: 0.1
Its not mentioned in description, but right now english is the only one that is supported.
nice Free App
asteele 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
This is a great free resource. Thanks
Nice Start
willfastabend 4.0 stars Version: 0.1
Been expecting an app like this for a while. Very nice start. Hope for good updates in the future.
Nice
smartphone4biz 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
Clean, simple, fast. Caching of articles is great. Looks like a small well organized codebase on github that will be easy to contribute enhancements to
Great app!
Scandalen 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
I really like it =)
Very good!
Henessy 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
Great!
Um
Stoj26 1.0 stars Version: 0.1
Is it supposed to work? If not, then this is a great app. A big, pretty, white screen with the little spinning thingy. Just what I was looking for.
Pretty poor
someone998 1.0 stars Version: 0.1
Quite slow and lacks any innovative features. It also doesn't feel very native. Honestly, I'm not sure why they bothered releasing this. At least it's free, I suppose.
Poorly executed
Jaap123 1.0 stars Version: 0.1
I expected more from the official wikipedia app. No way to zoom on images, icons are not iphone standard, slow. I will stick to wikipanion thanks.
Wikipedia rocks!
Byrdhouse 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
About time. My life is now complete. Easy navigation, quick, great content. Luv it.
Decent start
tboooe 2.0 stars Version: 0.1
Not a bad start but the app is slow to start and slow to display results. The other two main cocmpetitive apps are better. Hopefully this app will improve over time.
Just what I need
Slugbabe 5.0 stars Version: 0.1
This app does exactly what I need it to do. Thank you!
Okay
MusashiG 3.0 stars Version: 0.1
When I installed the app and launched it nothing happened. Restarted iPhone and this time the app launched. The app is okay, a little slow with no ability to bookmark.
Microphone, really?
Alden Wilkins 1.0 stars Version: 0.1
I would love to write a review, but for dome reason a microphone is essential to use wikipedia. My 1st gen touch does not have one, so I am out of luck. I don't seem to remember using a mic on wikipedia.com on my comp.
Go wash your car
FlydogAZ 1.0 stars Version: 0.1
...while the page loads with your results because it will be at least 20 minutes.
Requires a microphone? Really?
n00borama 1.0 stars Version: 0.1
I have an ipod touch and it won't even let me download the app. Newsflash: I don't need a mic to look up random crap on the internet.
Not as good as wikipanion but could be with some updates
kylekamm51 3.0 stars Version: 0.1
Very simple and easy to use but lacks the many features available in other wiki apps.
Wikipedia's iPhone site is better
M A 4 2.0 stars Version: 0.1
This may improve, but it loads slowly and the UI has too many rough edges. It feels homemade. There's a very good alternative: Wikipedia's site itself is now optimized for iPhone and works really well--plus it makes it easy to use other sites alongside Wikipedia. And if you bookmark it to your home screen it gets a real W icon just like this app.