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Articles – The Wikipedia App

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Since I have iPhone there was no application to use Wikipedia on iPhone. Now it’s Articles by Sophiestication.

Easy bookmarking and awesome user interface makes this app the best way to read Wikipedia articles on iPhone.

Gallery

  • Articles
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Features (official list)

  • Articles features a one-of-a-kind presentation of Wikipedia articles, perfectly optimized for your iPhone and iPod touch
  • A unique, chapter index control to skim through the whole article in an instant
  • Find articles by title or content and select the Wikipedia language you are interested in
  • Automatic spelling suggestions for your search text
  • Use maps to learn more about nearby places
  • Discover articles around the globe using maps
  • “Surprise Me!” feature
  • Tap on image previews to zoom in for more detail
  • Rotate your device to see article photos in landscape and pinch to zoom in
  • Easily share an article link by mail and copy photos to your Camera Roll or Pasteboard
  • Pull down the article view to lock the current screen orientation
  • Pinch to increase and decrease the article text size
  • Access recently viewed articles when offline
  • Manage article bookmarks in folders and separate pages like in Safari
  • Quickly lookup recently viewed articles by day

Articles is available on the AppStore for 2,39€. You can follow @sophiestication at Twitter.

March 24th, 2010

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