Wikipedia in your pocket

Posted by Jon Peddie on October 28th 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Hardware Review
Tags: wikireader

Jon Peddie

Openmoko has announced the availability of WikiReader, a palm-sized electronic encyclopedia containing the more than three million English language articles of Wikipedia that can be accessed immediately anytime, anywhere without requiring an Internet connection. WikiReader is available for $99 at http://thewikireader.com and Amazon.com starting today. We got to play with one briefly Saturday night and, in addition to being a real attention getter, it suddenly became the main guest—all of a sudden everyone had a question they wanted answered. WikiReader turns on instantly and we are told will run for months before its two AAA batteries need to be replaced. The…