Offline Wikipedia browser for iPhone now available in the App Store

http://collison.ie/blog/2008/10/wikipedia-iphone-redux

by pc • 18 years ago

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sarvesh• 18 years ago

I read your post. I couldn't find any information on how much space this would take up on the iPhone. It most definitely is useful for me.

pc2• 18 years ago

There's more info at http://collison.ie/wikipedia-iphone, but to answer your question, it takes up 2GB of space.

mtw• 18 years ago

does the app update the database regularly?

and I also wish there were formatting + images

pc2• 18 years ago

does the app update the database regularly?

The Wikipedia guys release new dumps quite infrequently (every few months), so there isn't an incremental dump update mechanism - the changeset would simply be too big to make it worthwhile.

and I also wish there were formatting + images

Most formatting is retained. Images, however, would simply make the dump too big for the phone.

nikils• 18 years ago

another link http://app-store.appspot.com/?url=viewSoftware%3Fid%3D288141...

Offline Wikipedia browser for iPhone now available in the App Store

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