Wikipedia: Version 1.0 Released!
Waiting period's *officially* over everyone! Yes, you guessed it...the Symbian Wikipedia project has yet again scaled to a new height. As promised, this latest release of the Wikipedia, available as a free download for your S60 phone, now incorporates over 8,500 full-color images! And since it's based on the previous release, that works out to about 3.5 unique images per article!
For those with space constraints on their phones, there's also a text-only version of the Wikipedia that you should definitely try out.
Requirements:
Key features:
Special Notes:
You can either download this as a single file or for convenience, download multiple "dial-up-friendly" parts.
If you're downloading the dial-up version, please note that you need all 15 parts to extract the file. Once you've downloaded all the parts, simply double-click the first part and specify "series-sixty.blogspot.com" (without the quotes) as the password.
Then just click "Extract to" to extract it on your hard drive. You can later send it to your phone via the Nokia PC Suite or beam it via Bluetooth.
Screenshots:
Download Links:
- As a single file
Parts 01-15
- As multiple files
Part 01
Part 02
Part 03
Part 04
Part 05
Part 06
Part 07
Part 08
Part 09
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Password: series-sixty.blogspot.com
As an afterthought, I think it's the images that can make all the difference, for not only do you get something that's visually more appealing and easier on the eyes, but it also takes us a step closer to finding that perfect replacement for an actual encyclopedia. Anyway, comments/suggestions are much appreciated! :)
29 comments:
Wow this version is huge! Thanks to it, the wikipedia is more usable now! Thanks a lot! Hope you will keep updating the software to include more content! Cheers~~
Thanks for the comment, William! And most definitely, I'll try my best to keep up with the updates. Anyway, do try it out and let me know what you think! :)
amazing stuff it just keeps getting better:-) makes it more appealing with images and all the more reason to have it in ur phone love it:-) thxs
Hey Ali, thanks for the comment! And yeah, I can totally relate to your thoughts. I'm glad you liked it.
Ok, the only thing lacking in this mini wikipedia is content I think. Certain "relatively common" stuff can't be found in the wikipedia, although I know very well how painstaking the whole process of extracting it from the original version was. Suggestion: if space or limit is a problem, you can consider splitting the wikipedia into several books like A-G, H-M, ... etc. Cheers, great job!
Yup, that's why I referred to this as a 'step' in the right direction, William :)
A very interesting suggestion too! But honestly, even if the content is split into mini books, I'd still have to set a limit on the size of each book so that the entire collection doesn't exceed, say 1-2 GB?
In any case, I'll try doubling the number of articles in a future release and see where we get from there! :)
Hi TM,
I just wrote an article in my website about your great work offering to carry Wikipedia in our lovely phones. It is in Spanish but I think maybe someone find it useful. Do you have a tutorial explaining how to do it in other languages ?
Congratulations
Hey Jox! Thanks for your comment. While I don't understand Spanish, I'm sure some people will use that article as a means of inspiration...great work :)
Unfortunately, I haven't got a tutorial yet...but I might probably start work on one if, and when, I get the time, in the near future.
The file is encrypted. Isn't this freeware? If it is, please send me the password at louie_rcp(at)yahoo(dot)com. Thanks.
Yup, it is absolutely free. The password to the encrypted file is given in the original post.
In case you've missed it:
series-sixty.blogspot.com
Awesome work and many thanks for it! I hope you can do also "text-only" versions in future releases (if possible), for users like me with few memory space. Cheers!
Glad you liked it! I actually started out with a text-only release available here before moving on to one with images.
But I'll definitely keep your request in mind for future releases!
very good! thanks.. hope you make a tutorial so i too can make a compilation of the articles im interested in.. again, thank you
can somebody tell me how i could move my isoli from my phone memory to card memory..actually m using n73 and it doesnt have enough space to store all the files of this application.. plz help me..
thanx in advance
You can install iSilo wherever you want i.e. it can be installed to phone memory as well as to card memory and will work, regardless of that fact. So, no need to move it.
All you have to do is to send the Wikipedia pdb file to your card memory (Drive E:) and then open it from iSilo. To send the file to your phone, use PC Suite's File Manager.
Let me know if you need any more help.
hey bro i had installed isilo v5.01 to my card memory but still after transfering the file to E drive isilo application is not showing the pdb file.. i have another text only version of wiki which i copied to C/Data/documents/isilo..and the aplication is showing only that file..m confused plz help bro...
Ok harry, have a look here for step-by-step instructions.
Hope the confusion's gone now :)
Is it possible for you to upload to other sites other than Rapidshare??????? Please
I'm currently having a few upload issues. Will definitely keep your request in mind though and see what I can do about it.
Finally got iSilo working on my phone (flashed with a different region firmware) and I couldn't wait to see what you have done. This mini-wiki is excellent, and I'm sure it will prove useful many times in the future. Its great for just needing something to read when youre bored too :)
Nice to hear from you, gammagoblin!
I'm really glad the wiki's working on your phone. Although the selection of articles and images is limited, I'm sure it will prove useful nevertheless...especially when you're bored ;)
hi brother.., i have done with that what u ha ve said but now able to read the wikipedia as it is Wikip.pdb which is not readabe format i have even instled the isilo but how to get that thing read
is there another reader that doesn't require registration / can anybody give me a serial for the isilo please. good work tm really well done too bad the reader isn't the best.
it 's not workng on n73
plz tel me how it works
is there anymore updates to the file? the last file i have is dated 15/9/07 when opened with Isilo
If someone were to get an S60 phone with 8-16gb capacity - would it be possible to load one of those 8-9 gig wikipedia dumps?
Bah I can't se if this will be any good to mew after I have downloaded it. I have a Sony Ericsson W810i java based phone and the isilo site seems very vague about what it does and does not work on. Anyone help with a java based document reader that wil work with this?
hi there. You probably forget what you did here. but the links broken. Can you please upload it again? A r i f g o z d e @ gmail.com thanks!
link is broken please my bro taha upload it agaain plzzzzzzzzzzz
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