Search and read Wikipedia articles offline on your Windows Mobile phone | WikiPock

An interesting Windows Mobile app, which I ran across via this blog post

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See the product page for more details. And how do they accomplish this magic (the part about not needing an Internet connection, or even a wireless data plan)? They simply cache a huge chunk of “the wiki encyclopedia” (perhaps a lawyer told them they can’t say “Wikipedia” in all contexts, but it’s explicit on the FAQ page; the vendor also donates 10% of its net revenue to the Wikimedia Foundation) on a microSD card on your phone. For best performance, they recommend an 8GB card.

An interesting sign of the price/performance/etc. times: the app, preloaded on an 8GB card (i.e., delivered on a new 8 GB card), starts at around $25.

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