From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wapedia is a website that brings the contents of
Wikipedia to mobile devices like
mobile phones and
PDAs. It offers the recent version of every article, which
is done by using a combination of a
proxy-like
behavior and a local article database. This combination provides
fast speed and up-to-date articles on the one hand, and a low
load and low traffic for the Wikipedia servers on the other
hand. Wapedia was started in August
2004
Wapedia can be accessed by visiting
http://wapedia.mobi in a
WAP
or
mobile web browser on a mobile phone or
PDA.
Standard wikipedia pages are typically too long for display
on these devices so long pages are divided into smaller chunks
to fit into the small displays. To reduce the bandwidth
requirements and to images are scaled down to the resolution of
the mobile device. In addition Wapedia includes a fast search
engine, independent from Wikipedia servers. Wapedia supports
WML
and modern XHTML Mobile formats, with an autodetection of the
best format for each device. Articles are served from an
independent article database.
Alternatives
- wikipedia.7val.com is a representation of Wikpedia to
WAP
- mobile.answers.com contains much of Wikipedia's content,
and other content
External links
-
More information, for webbrowsers
-
For mobile phones and PDAs
Categories:
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