Wikireader

[laurens]

OpenMoko have made a new gadget. An offline wikipedia reader, powered by 2 AAA's, which should last a year, they claim.

http://www.thewikireader.com/index.html

I think I'll order one, any other takers? I know I can do this probably on my pandora, but this is really tempting too...

 

[(naw)mcx]

[sub]it's probably more powerful the the pandora now [/sub]

 

[OrR]

It's a sexy little device by the looks of it and should do well what it's designed to do. However, I don't really need one... And I can't justify spending 99$ just for fun right now... Might be a fun device for grandparents and kids, though. B)

 

[b._.o._.b]

I might buy one. Just want to see some more information and reviews of the actual device.
Not interested in the wikipedia capabilities though, I hope to see some more software developed for it.

 

[Exophase]

[sub]it's probably more powerful the the pandora now [/sub]

I do hope you're joking.. I can't even tell.

 

[lulzfish]

[sub]it's probably more powerful the the pandora now [/sub]

I do hope you're joking.. I can't even tell.

He probably is just making a joke about how so many people are like "oh no the iPhone has our processor now we're lame" or "It's been delayed too long now it's old", as though design time hasn't been a problem for any other engineering project, ever.

 

[Jourdy288]

Impressive, this is a nice idea! Figures, I don't quite think you can update it, though...

 

[Enverex]

Impressive, this is a nice idea! Figures, I don't quite think you can update it, though...

Their website says you can.

 

[Jourdy288]

Impressive, this is a nice idea! Figures, I don't quite think you can update it, though...

Their website says you can.

Whoops, NVRMND.

I wonder what format they're saved as... that must be a pretty good capacity microSD card!

 

[Enverex]

Impressive, this is a nice idea! Figures, I don't quite think you can update it, though...

Their website says you can.

Whoops, NVRMND.

I wonder what format they're saved as... that must be a pretty good capacity microSD card!

~4GB. Again, it's on the Website.

 

[(naw)mcx]

[sub]it's probably more powerful the the pandora now [/sub]

I do hope you're joking.. I can't even tell.

He probably is just making a joke about how so many people are like "oh no the iPhone has our processor now we're lame" or "It's been delayed too long now it's old", as though design time hasn't been a problem for any other engineering project, ever.

yes, i am taking the piss.

 

[gruso]

I do hope you're joking.. I can't even tell.

[citation needed]

 

[Polossatik]

If you like this then you might also have a look at
http://www.qi-hardware.com/

not out yet, but the buzz on the dev mailing list that it will come out in a month (or 2? )

more seriously, they are signing the hardware of the first model off next week.

 

[Jourdy288]

Impressive, this is a nice idea! Figures, I don't quite think you can update it, though...

Their website says you can.

Whoops, NVRMND.

I wonder what format they're saved as... that must be a pretty good capacity microSD card!

~4GB. Again, it's on the Website.

I know, I read it, but I'm wondering about the format.

 

[lulzfish]

Probably a compressed ZIP of HTML pages? Or PDFs? Or some subset of either that's simple enough for it to read.

 

[Exophase]

The nodes are purely textual and have very minimal formatting. I imagine they use a simple custom format. The HTML would have a lot of information they don't need.

 

[Jourdy288]

I figured that, the screen looks about as simple as a calculator, lol.