Ever had a laugh at some of the entries in Wikipedia? Good news for you. You can now enjoy the same lack of reliable information in your pocket with the WikiReader, a new compact handheld that brings the community-edited encyclopedia offline.
Use Wikipedia much? Don’t let the frequent inclusion of misinformation stop you. Heck, I use it all the time too, referencing it without even batting an eyelash. Now, you can take the lack of drive to research a step further by scoring the single-purpose device that’s, basically, a Wikipedia database in your pocket.
The WikiReader is a handheld device that functions the same way electronic dictionaries used to do. Instead of words and definitions, however, it lets you peruse articles taken from Wikipedia. Featuring three million English language articles from the online database, all saved in an SD card, you’ll never have to visit a library again, even without an internet connection.
Essentially an e-reader that shows nothing but Wikipedia content, the device comes in a small form factor (with a durable plastic build) that literally fits in one palm. It sports a monochrome screen (yes, monochrome) with a tempered glass touchscreen directly over it. The device itself only has three physical buttons (Search, History and Random), but adds various onscreen controls for navigation and typing (including a QWERTY keyboard and hyperlinks between articles). It runs on two AAA batteries, which are good enough to last it an entire year.
The WikiReader is currently selling for $99 and comes with an SD card containing the 3 million offline articles. Users can download updated articles periodically from the site. The more technologically-challenged, on the other hand, can opt to receive an updated SD card annually for $29.
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