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Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99

Posted by kdawson on 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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  1. Hitch Hiker's Guide by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally we have a hitch hiker's guide to Earth!

    1. Re:Hitch Hiker's Guide by gEvil+(beta) · · 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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  2. Sophists Dream by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · 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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    May the Maths Be with you!
  3. citation please by jDeepbeep · · Score: 4, Funny

    [citation required]

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  4. Re:Solution looking for a problem by Rockoon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wikipedia vs Choosing Randomly.

    hmmmmm

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