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Squeezing a Wikipedia Snapshot Onto an 8GB iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the but-you'll-miss-the-latest-edit-wars dept.

blackbearnh writes with this excerpt from O'Reilly Radar "Think about Wikipedia, what some consider the most complete general survey of human knowledge we have at the moment. Now imagine squeezing it down to fit comfortably on an 8GB iPhone. Sound daunting? Well, that's just what Patrick Collison's Encyclopedia iPhone application does. App Store purchasers of Collison's open source application can browse and search the full text of Wikipedia when stuck in a plane, or trapped in the middle of nowhere (or, as defined by AT&T coverage...)"

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  1. Re:Survey of Human Knowledge? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Came for the frosty piss, leaving hot, thirsty and disappointed.
    Ahhh, but Wikipedia will probably do well instead.
    AC friends, you're slacking!

  2. iPhone wannabe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wish I had an iPhone. I'm stuck with this Windows Mobile phone where I copy large files and applications over USB from my PC to it. If only I could download 2GB of data slowly from the Apple app store via my cell connection! Then I would be free!

    1. Re:iPhone wannabe by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Troll

      you can install it over wifi or from iTunes over USB, retard.

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      Do you even lift?

      These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Re:Nice! by Eunuchswear · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'd be grabbing it right now if I didn't only have ~350MB of free space left on my iPhone...

    So stick a bigger SD card in it already.

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