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**most viewed articles
 
**most viewed articles
 
*search articles "as you type"
 
*search articles "as you type"
*it will have no pictures - not enough room on any media
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*it will have no pictures - not enough room on any storage media
*tex forumlas could be generated with a local LaTeX install
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*tex forumlas could be generated with a local LaTeX install but such may be too big for the phone
 
*all wikipedia versions except the english one will fit on a 4GB SDCard (tested with the second largest wikipedia (german))
 
*all wikipedia versions except the english one will fit on a 4GB SDCard (tested with the second largest wikipedia (german))
 
*all articles in one big file and one index file for title searches OR a lot of small gzipped files which get unzipped on the fly
 
*all articles in one big file and one index file for title searches OR a lot of small gzipped files which get unzipped on the fly
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**the gzipped/bzipped version will only take less then a gigabyte and this way even the english wikipedia should fit on a little microsd card
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**can anyone confirm if SDHC cards are working with the neo? if not we are capped to 2GB
 
*new wikipedia versions can be obtained from here [http://download.wikimedia.org/]
 
*new wikipedia versions can be obtained from here [http://download.wikimedia.org/]
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*option for varying the text size
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*settings dialog
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**set article location
  
 
[[Category:Add-on data]]
 
[[Category:Add-on data]]
 
[[Category:Ideas]]
 
[[Category:Ideas]]

Revision as of 23:47, 16 July 2007

File:Screenshot-Mokopedia.png
Current Status of my hacking efforts

It would be usefull to access an offline version of wikipedia (since there are people who do not want to pay for mobile internet) on the OpenMoko Platform. Here is a little tweak I did with the Stylus Demo by Mickey. Please submit more feature ideas!

Feature Ideas

  • show articles depending on location (GPS)
  • list with
    • recently viewed articles
    • most viewed articles
  • search articles "as you type"
  • it will have no pictures - not enough room on any storage media
  • tex forumlas could be generated with a local LaTeX install but such may be too big for the phone
  • all wikipedia versions except the english one will fit on a 4GB SDCard (tested with the second largest wikipedia (german))
  • all articles in one big file and one index file for title searches OR a lot of small gzipped files which get unzipped on the fly
    • the gzipped/bzipped version will only take less then a gigabyte and this way even the english wikipedia should fit on a little microsd card
    • can anyone confirm if SDHC cards are working with the neo? if not we are capped to 2GB
  • new wikipedia versions can be obtained from here [1]
  • option for varying the text size
  • settings dialog
    • set article location
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File:Screenshot-Mokopedia.png
Current Status of my hacking efforts

It would be usefull to access an offline version of wikipedia (since there are people who do not want to pay for mobile internet) on the OpenMoko Platform. Here is a little tweak I did with the Stylus Demo by Mickey. Please submit more feature ideas!

Feature Ideas

  • show articles depending on location (GPS)
  • list with
    • recently viewed articles
    • most viewed articles
  • search articles "as you type"
  • it will have no pictures - not enough room on any storage media
  • tex forumlas could be generated with a local LaTeX install but such may be too big for the phone
  • all wikipedia versions except the english one will fit on a 4GB SDCard (tested with the second largest wikipedia (german))
  • all articles in one big file and one index file for title searches OR a lot of small gzipped files which get unzipped on the fly
    • the gzipped/bzipped version will only take less then a gigabyte and this way even the english wikipedia should fit on a little microsd card
    • can anyone confirm if SDHC cards are working with the neo? if not we are capped to 2GB
  • new wikipedia versions can be obtained from here [1]
  • option for varying the text size
  • settings dialog
    • set article location