Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99

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Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @07:45AM from the or-are-you-just-glad-to-see-me dept.

An anonymous reader notes the announcement by Sean Moss-Pultz (Openmoko, Inc.) of a new geek device: The $99 WikiReader. All of Wikipedia in your pocket with no Internet connection required. Works in bright sunlight. 3-button interface. You can update the information in the WikiReader either by mail (they ship a microSD card) or by downloading a 4+ GB file.

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Hitch Hiker's Guide by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-13 07:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Finally we have a hitch hiker's guide to Earth!
1. Re:Hitch Hiker's Guide by gEvil+(beta) · 2009-10-13 07:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Finally we have a hitch hiker's guide to Earth!
  
  WTF are you talking about? Everything important to say about Earth can be summed up in two words.
  
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  This guy's the limit!
Sophists Dream by ObsessiveMathsFreak · 2009-10-13 07:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Great! Now I can regale and browbeat others with authoritative sounding misinformation wherever I go. Cafe discourses and dinner discussions will never be the same again!

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citation please by jDeepbeep · 2009-10-13 07:51 · Score: 4, Funny

[citation required]

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Don't Panic by lothos · 2009-10-13 07:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Finally, the HHGG in your pocket.
Does it come with a towel, or do I need to provide my own?

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Obligatory xkcd by lobiusmoop · 2009-10-13 08:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Obligatory xkcd

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The Website by oahazmatt · 2009-10-13 08:06 · Score: 3, Funny

The website looks like it was put together in a matter of minutes. I'm having "Netscape Composer" flashbacks.

I clicked "Media". I stopped looking for information when I saw the picture of the old man "researching" Megan Fox.

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lame joke by Daimanta · 2009-10-13 08:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Is that the largest encyclopedia in the world for just $99 in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

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Translation: by fiannaFailMan · 2009-10-13 09:00 · Score: 3, Funny

No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.

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Re:Solution looking for a problem by Rockoon · 2009-10-13 10:58 · Score: 4, Funny

Wikipedia vs Choosing Randomly.

hmmmmm

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