Wapedia
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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/ Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine (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". goodbye.wapedia.mobi. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "About Wapedia". Wapedia. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Organizations Launch .mobi Web Sites". DomainNameWire.com. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ "Wapedia". appSafari.com iPhone application gallery. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
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