Read every Wikipedia article on the go with a $99 e-reader device.
Mobile device maker Openmoko has unveiled its latest idea: a standalone e-reader for the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
Called WikiReader, it will sell for $99, and will come with the entire site preloaded on it, for offline searching and browsing. The articles are stored on a microSD card.
You might have spotted the flaw already: the device comes without connectivity. Users will be accessing a cached version of a site whose USP is its constantly-updating nature.
To get around that, users can pay $29 a year to get the latest version sent to them in the post every few months, or download it themselves.
Is there a market for this? Maybe for people who haven't figured out that they can access Wikipedia's mobile site from their phone, or via its iPhone app.
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