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As of June 2007, Wikipedia provides official access for wireless devices such as mobile telephones and PDAs. Two sites exists: en.m.wikipedia.org and en.mobile.wikipedia.org. Unfortunately, the mobile.wikipedia.org site is exceptionally buggy when viewed on various mobile devices, including smart phones Apple iPhone and Google Android derived phones. Mobile users will frequently find that the mobile version of Wikipedia does not work at all or redirects them to error pages. Such problems have been ongoing since May 2009, and as of August 2009 the mobile Wikipedia site does not work at all for most devices.

On the other hand, several Wikipedia users have each provided a mechanism by which it is possible to gain quick access to articles using the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

These methods are listed here, to provide a choice and so that access can continue if any one should become unavailable. Only one need be chosen, and the corresponding address, or URL, would normally be entered as a bookmark in a wireless device (as opposed to being used with a PC).

Comments and suggestions regarding these interfaces should be added to the discussion page for this article.

http://en.mobile.wikipedia.org/

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[edit] Wikipedia direct

Wikipedia direct offers free access in real time to all sections of Wikipedia in read-only mode. In addition to the English version, Wikipedia direct also supports more than ten languages . With access via en.wikipedia.org and Microsoft Pocket PC, the transformation of specific pages is not necessary (layout on a column). All functions can be used.

Sub-domains of Wikipedia have been established to receive Wireless Application Protocol communications in several languages. Wikipedia utilizes a hybrid protocol between XML and HTML, to be used by mobile devices, and personal computers too. It respects almost all types of browsers (eg, WAP, iMode, XHTML).

[edit] Opera Mini

Opera Mini is a java based internet browser for mobile phones which supports full wikipedia access (identical content to that viewed on a computer) and has a built-in wikipedia search facility.

[edit] wapedia.mobi

See also: Wapedia

Having started in August 2004, Wapedia offers the recent version of every article, which is done by using a combination of a proxy-like behavior and a local article database. This combination provides fast speed and up-to-date articles, and a low load and low traffic for the Wikipedia servers. Wapedia currently injects advertisement in its pages.[1]

[edit] wikipedia.7val.com

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. The link to the service is http://wikipedia.7val.com. 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. [2]

The following features are currently available.

  • Device recognition of mobiles, smartphones, PDAs, etc., which enables the individualised adaptation of the presentation transmitted to different types of devices.
  • Complete administration of articles including editing*, history, discussions, etc.
  • Complete administration of user accounts and automatic login if cookies are allowed.
  • Automatic language recognition at wikipedia.7val.com.
  • Direct access to 50 language by using a URL prefix, for example http://en.wikipedia.7val.com for English and http://fi.wikipedia.7val.com for Finnish. A list of languages can found here.
*editing is currently disabled on the English wikipedia due to the service being blocked as an open proxy.

[edit] m.miniwiki.org

Miniwiki.org is a simple mobile site for Pocket PC and Palm device. It synchronizes its content with Wikipedia at real time.

The site offers the following features:

  • Support all languages of Wikipedia, including Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
  • Support one-stop search for a keyword available in any Wikipedia sites.
  • Keyword filtering for countries that impose internet censorship.

[edit] Mlvb.net

Mlvb.net can offer full access to Wikipedia and different versions. However, in some countries like China which censors every URL users try to access, mlvb.net may be blocked.


[edit] WikiPock

WikiPock for Windows Mobile screenshots

WikiPock is a mobile application that provides offline access to all Wikipedia articles in 19 languages for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android and Symbian OS mobile phones. All the articles are stored in the mobile phone's memory.

[edit] HawPedia

HawPedia provides a pure-text version of Wikipedia articles and delivers it in a format that is optimized for several mobile devices (WAP, XHTML, etc.).

HawPedia has been written as demo and reference application for the HAWHAW PHP library. Current versions of Wikipedia articles are not available. The whole HawPedia sources are available as OpenSource.

[edit] iPhone/iPod Touch

"WP:IPHONE" redirects here. For the WikiProject, see Wikipedia:WikiProject iPhone OS.
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Several iPhone applications exist for browsing Wikipedia. They include (links to iTunes Store):

All the applications so far are read-only versions of Wikipedia. Currently, the only way to edit Wikipedia on an iPhone is to access it via Safari.

[edit] Wikipedia, powered by Boopsie

A read only version of Wikipedia is available at http://wikipedia.boopsie.com/. This mobile phone download supports BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian S60, J2ME, Android, and iPhone. (A BREW version is available but must be side-loaded.)

Wikipedia, powered by Boopsie includes support for Wikipedia in the following languages: English, Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Finnish, and Swedish. To change language selection, use "Menu/Change language".

Wikipedia, powered by Boopsie presents each Wikipedia article as a single, complete, mobile-friendly page.

Wikipedia, powered by Boopsie employs multi-prefix search technology to provide faster access to articles. For example, to find the article about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the user types just "ja ke o", and selects the desired article from those presented.

[edit] Pediaphon

A computer-generated audio (speech synthesis) version of all Wikipedia articles is provided by the Pediaphon service. It is usable on- and off-line with common MP3 players, PDAs, cell phones (WAP) and with every phone via voice call. Pediaphon can be used as a location based service.

[edit] Wikimobile

Its website is here.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://wapedia.mobi/
  2. ^ "Sevenval: Wikipedia:". http://www1.sevenval.de/mobile/index.php?id=201&L=1. Retrieved 2008-02-25. 

[edit] External links

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