WikiReader
Sign in to saveWikiReader was a project to deliver an offline, text-only version of Wikipedia on a mobile device. The project was sponsored by Openmoko and made by Pandigital, and its source code has been released.
Key facts
- Information appliance.name
- WikiReader
- Information appliance.image
- 265px
- Information appliance.caption
- WikiReader displaying its virtual keyboard
- Information appliance.manufacturer
- Openmoko
- Information appliance.type
- Reader
- Information appliance.os
- None (Embedded device)Forth interpreter is included
- Information appliance.power
- Two AAA batteries
- Information appliance.cpu
- Epson S1C33 E07 microcontroller
- Information appliance.storage
- MicroSD card
- Information appliance.display
- Monochrome touchscreen
- Information appliance.input
- Touch interface
- Information appliance.discontinued
- 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.thewikireader.com
- Image
- WikiReader virtual keyboard.jpg
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- price
- 99
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6 sectionsContents
- Specifications
- Limitations
- Discontinuation
- See also
- References
- External links
WikiReader was a project to deliver an offline, text-only version of Wikipedia on a mobile device. The project was sponsored by Openmoko and made by Pandigital, and its source code has been released.
The project debuted an offline portable reader for Wikipedia in October 2009. Updates in multiple languages were available online and a twice-yearly offline update service delivered via Micro SD card was also available at a cost of $29 per year. WikiReader versions of the English Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wiktionary and Project Gutenberg can be installed together on a user-supplied 16 GB Micro SDHC memory card. Unlike Wikipedia itself, the device features parental controls.