Thread: Even more specialized than ereaders : the wikireader
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Old 10-13-2009, 11:49 AM   #14
WT Sharpe
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Originally Posted by sebastienbillard View Post
Just discovered this http://thewikireader.com/index.html ...
Does it have a touchscreen? With only three buttons, looking up an article could be time-consuming!

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Originally Posted by ficbot View Post
... it seems like it updates via a file on a memory card ...
How does it update? memory card? USB? wireless?

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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
It's $99... cheaper than most paper encyclopedias.
Not a bad price.

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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
... some intelligent ways of managing it ...
I'd need to be able to connect it to my computer somehow in order to quote from it whenever necessary.

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Originally Posted by Mike L View Post
I would rather use Kindlepedia (http://www.edukindle.com/downloads/kindlepedia/). Not a dedicated device, and it doesn't give you the entire content in one go, but it's a very convenient way of getting specific articles onto a Kindle.
Thanks for that link. It must be new -- McAfee SiteAdvisor hasn't yet rated it.
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