08-28-2006, 11:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine: Browse WikiPedia via Your Pocket PC
"WikiPedia has become by far the best source of really up-to-date information � in many respects, even better than the online Oxford English Dictionary (see �The Definitive Roundup of All Pocket PC Dictionaries Part II � non-WordNet-based English Dictionaries� for more info if interested on the well-known, alternate sources of available information.) In this roundup, I elaborate on how you can access information in WikiPedia on your Pocket PC other than directly browsing its pages in your Pocket PC Web browser."
Unless you've been hibernating under a rock for the last few years, most of you should be very familiar with the power and convenience of WikiPedia. For me, it's pushed standard dictionaries into obsolescence. Well, Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine have published an article on the various offline methods of viewing WikiPedia content on your Pocket PC. Check it out and let us know your thoughts!
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08-29-2006, 02:55 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 58
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I paid for Lexipedia, the database is from late 2005 (as far as I can tell), it searches fast and the complete wikipedia is under 750Mb. At $15 it was very cheap too. I tried the Tomeraider version and really didn't like it, searches were slow and the app itself just didn't feel finished.
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08-29-2006, 04:06 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5,067
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Originally Posted by ScottC
I paid for Lexipedia, the database is from late 2005 (as far as I can tell)
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It's early Aug. 2005.
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Originally Posted by ScottC
I tried the Tomeraider version and really didn't like it, searches were slow
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Yup, if you start searching from the Article mode, it will be really slow. The trick is that you must start the search from the index list (when the index is visible); then, it'll make a quick find on the indexes, not on the article body itself. Then, it will present hits instantly. (Of course, index searching is in no way as sophisticated as in Lexipedia - there is no substring and fuzzy searching. In this respect, Lexipedia is far better.)
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Originally Posted by ScottC
the app itself just didn't feel finished.
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Yup, even the latest, just-released 3.2.00 version has some bugs, particularly under WM5 (see my review, linked from the Wiki article, if interested). However, as it's based on HTML (unlike the text-only Lexipedia), it's, IMHO, a far better way to render Wiki content than Lexipedia.
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