February 18, 2011

WikiReader, the offline wikipedia gadget

Found this interesting gadget in Taiwan. The WikiReader lets you carry offline Wikipedia in your pocket. I find it useful while researching something on the plane. A recent archive of Wikipedia is stored in a SD card that is slotted inside the WikiReader. We can download the latest archive and update the WikiReader.

I like the Random button. It takes you down a rabbithole of random trivia.

The WikiReader is often a converstation starter in planes.

Taiwan Taipei

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