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Old 10-14-2009, 04:00 PM   #31
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Available at Amazon - free Super Saver shipping available.

http://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-...5523307&sr=8-2
No free super saver shipping thingies where I live...

But it should be around $18 S&H, taxes unknown...
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Old 10-14-2009, 04:59 PM   #32
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No free super saver shipping thingies where I live...

But it should be around $18 S&H, taxes unknown...
Sorry - didn't see your location in your signature!
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Old 10-14-2009, 07:54 PM   #33
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OK - I'm sort of a encyclopedia/dictionary/wiki fiend - so I ordered one. Will provide a hands-on review later this week.
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Barring copyright infringements, this would be the perfect device to put "Don't Panic" in large friendly letters on the start-up screen.

All the knowledge of the universe, err that has been Wiki-ed, in the palm of your hand. Towels sold separately.

Next: Babelfish!
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Old 10-14-2009, 08:19 PM   #34
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Interesting idea, but as others have said I think consumers are smart enough to pay a bit extra and get a device that does e-books AND wiki.

A lot of people also carry phones capable of browsing the web too so they can always visit wiki sites from their handheld device.
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Old 10-14-2009, 09:01 PM   #35
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I can't believe that wiki is so heavily relied on as a source
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Old 10-15-2009, 01:33 AM   #36
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I can't believe that wiki is so heavily relied on as a source
I don't think anyone says that they rely on wiki as a source, but rather the opposite.
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Old 10-15-2009, 01:33 AM   #37
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I can't believe that wiki is so heavily relied on as a source
It's 100% as reliable as any other source available. Just like every other source you have to vet the citations and wikipedia requires all articles use citations or eventually they are removed. Usually there are warnings when citations are bad or absent.

If you learn to properly use resources like wikipedia, reliability becomes less of an issue.
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Old 10-15-2009, 07:00 AM   #38
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yes, but if you venture out to many other boards, wikki is considered the be-all and end-all of "proof"/source
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I guess they are targeting schools and people who might have bought old paper encyclopedias, but most schools have computers and kids can read Wikipedia on the internet, so I am not seeing the utility here.
You can't reference wikipedia in a paper, though. It is an encyclopedia, but students aren't allowed to use it for references.

It would be fun to poke around on, but the price is way too high. You can't compare it to paper encylopedias on picing because they really aren't the same thing.
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Barring copyright infringements, this would be the perfect device to put "Don't Panic" in large friendly letters on the start-up screen.

All the knowledge of the universe, err that has been Wiki-ed, in the palm of your hand. Towels sold separately.

Next: Babelfish!
I love this idea!
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Old 10-15-2009, 11:03 AM   #41
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I HAVE bought a device like that. Had forgotten about it's existence until just now, but I paid somewhere around $200 for one of these in the early 1990s:

http://pnylab.com/pny/products/encyclopedia/main.html

When these are hacked to be general ebook readers (around 1/83rd of a second after they hit the streets) I want one.
Just for the heck of it, I looked up that encyclopedia. It has 16,000 articles.

This thing has over 3,000,000.

I ordered a Wikireader. It was $6 for shipping, and I just got an email yesterday saying it could take up to 10 days to ship.

I only have a work cell phone, and it doesn't have data, so I am a target customer. Looking forward to trying it out.
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yes, but if you venture out to many other boards, wikki is considered the be-all and end-all of "proof"/source
I've yet to see that. I am fairly well traveled on the internet, and nearly everyone I come across says that it is useful, but not to be quoted.
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This thing has over 3,000,000.
Yes, but to be fair, after you remove all the biographies for characters from anime, manga, comics, cartoons, and science fiction movies and TV series, Wikipedia has 32 articles.
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Yes, but to be fair, after you remove all the biographies for characters from anime, manga, comics, cartoons, and science fiction movies and TV series, Wikipedia has 32 articles.
It isn't that bad. have you ever looked up the math articles? Incredible detailed.
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