Symbian Wikipedia: Offline Wikipedia Mobile Software for Nokia S60, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, Blackberry & Palm

30 Aug

Posted by Abdul Aziz as Freeware, Mobile Devices, Nokia S60, Sony Ericsson UIQ, Symbian, Windows Mobile

The Series 60 Weblog has released Symbian Wikipedia, a free offline Wikipedia software in the PDB format that should open on Nokia S60 3rd Edition, Sony Ericsson UIQ3, Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Palm OS devices using a free PDB Viewer/Reader.

Key features of Symbian Wikipedia Mobile include:

-Approximately 2050 full-length articles, and over 3.5 million words (equivalent to a 4,000+ page book in text alone)
-Storage Card & Phone Memory Compatibility
-Keyword Search
-Adjustable font sizes and styles
-Cross Reference Links - tap on a link to easily go to the related article
-An easy-to-use alphabetical index for all articles

Once downloaded you can view Wikipedia while offline using one of the following PDB viewers/readers for your mobile platform type:

iSilo- Available for most platforms such as Windows Mobile, Symbian S60 and UIQ and Palm.[link]
QReader- Only for Nokia S60. Download QReader for S60 3rd Edition here.
MobiPocket: Free PDB reader for Windows mobile, PalmOs, Pocket PC, Symbian S60, UIQ and Blackberry[link]

Download Symbian Wikipedia Mobile here or here

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9 Responses

Mr. Gunn

August 31st, 2007 at 12:14 am
1

Does it update or at least have a link to the online articles?
jeff

September 10th, 2007 at 7:22 am
2

dude what’s the password for the rar file?
Mike

September 11th, 2007 at 6:59 am
3

The password is series-sixty.blogspot.com
Boweb

September 22nd, 2007 at 4:23 pm
4

If you like this read on.
There is an .mdx version for PPC Mdict(free dict/reader) availlible. Its 166Mb but there is a lot more information(no pictures, but links). There is no Symbian app that reads .mdx as far as I know, so its for WinCe only i think.
chinyelugo

October 13th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
5

Question: is s 60 compatible with Nokia E 90
Amit Taksali

October 28th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
6

I have downloaded wikipedia form this link but I don’t remember where I got this link from and this file is also password protected If anyone of you know the password please send me the password, thanx in advance.

“http://rs205.rapidshare.com/files/57477279/Wikip.rar”
Tariq Matta

November 9th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
7

Thanks dude. it iz really very nice.
josef

August 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
8

hello i have downloaded both MobiPocket and wikiPDB file,i cant open the file,how does it work..

thanks
igee

September 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
9

thank’s a lot.. this is very usefull,.. i read it with isilo on my i-mate pda it’s cool.. :)