[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia for Cell Phones

Fri Jul 16 15:50:59 UTC 2004

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Alex Hottenstein wrote:

> Goodmorning all-

Wherever you may be ..

> Simply stated, by creating a cell phone web interface for the
> Wikipedia database, instant access to a dynamic encyclopedia could be
> given to all cell phone users worldwide. From what I can tell of the
> site, the infrastructure to undertake such a project is all there.

On comp.sys.palmtops.pilot, "Mat Ripley" <mat at proporta.com.remove> wrote :-

: Date: Friday, July 16 2004, 03:26:28 PM SAST
: [1] Re: Encyclopedias for Palm
: 
: Hi
: 
: We are currently in the final stages of TR3 for Palm and Windows. Both
: should be out in beta next week. There is still lots of polishing to be done
: but yes, the palm version will be able to hold the entire Wikipedia in one
: file. We have had to do some pretty new stuff to make this possible but it
: looks like we will have it done.
: 
: As well as ultra large file support, TomeRaider 3 will have zillions of new
: features (Images, categories, filters, search acceleration.....)  It is a
: total rewrite two years in the making, and we hope it will be as ground
: breaking as the original TomeRaiders were all those years ago.
: 
: If you would like to be  a beta tester for the Palm or the Windows version
: then drop us an email at the normal Proporta software address.
: 
: Regards,
: 
: Mat
: 
Cheers,   Andy!

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