Wikipedia comes to Series 60!

Guess the title says it all for this one...well, the truth is I've been wanting to get a handy encyclopedia for quite some time now for my phone.

Most of us are familiar with Wikipedia -- it's one of the best free resources available online. There's already a Plucker version available but that's only meant for Palm devices and has a small selection of encyclopedia articles, so Series 60 users are out of luck there. There's also a Tome Raider version but the usual incompatibility woes persist and it isn't exactly small-sized.

Sadly, there hasn't been anything worthwhile in this regard for S60 users. However, all that will soon change. Recently I decided to do something about this problem, and starting from today, you can find a small Wikipedia sample for download on my blog for your S60 phone! :)

Fortunately, I managed to find an amazing resource in the Wikipedia CD Selection -- an assortment of carefully chosen articles suitable for print, CD and DVD. Although it is by no means Wikipedia in all its entirety, it still is a very handy reference that deserves a place in everyone's pocket.

Here are some screenshots:



P.S The download below is just a demo as I'm still working on converting the whole thing. The current version is set to expire at the end of this month and currently has 400+ articles of the index S. Also, note that this is just a text-based version of Wikipedia -- without any images etc to keep the size down, as I want it to be used on old and new devices alike. Lastly, you need to have iSilo (an excellent ebook reader) installed on your phone. You can get the trial version of iSilo here for all S60 devices.

I'll eventually be posting the entire selection of articles soon in iSilo format. Keep reading!

DOWNLOAD WIKIPEDIA V 0.5