Software:Wapedia
Wapedia was a mobile version of Wikipedia. It was started in August 2004 by Florian Amrhein and shut down on 4 November 2013.[1] It was operated by Taptu.[2]
Wapedia was originally a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) site for use on mobile phones of the very early 2000s. The URL for Wapedia was http://wapedia.mobi/ (which was one of the early examples of a .mobi website).[3] Over time, HTML interfaces were added, with the site generating pages optimised for a variety of mobile devices such as smart phones, Personal digital assistants (PDAs), and tablets. In 2009 dedicated applications for iPhone,[4] Android and WebOS were launched.
Wapedia served articles using a combination of a proxy-like behavior and a local article database. It did not offer the ability to edit pages. Wapedia injected adverts into the Wikipedia articles, either in the HTML or in the applications.
See also
- Help:Mobile access
References
- ↑ "Wapedia". http://goodbye.wapedia.mobi/wapedia.html.
- ↑ "About Wapedia". Wapedia. http://wapedia.mobi/en/Wapedia:Iapp_About.
- ↑ "Organizations Launch .mobi Web Sites". DomainNameWire.com. 3 January 2007. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/01/03/organizations-launch-mobi-web-sites/.
- ↑ "Wapedia". appSafari.com iPhone application gallery. http://www.appsafari.com/utilities/1144/wapedia/.
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