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SevenVal WikiPedia

WikiPedia is the poster child of collaborative content and has grown to be the world’s largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia.

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PC Site http://wikipedia.7val.com/   Type of site Mobile encyclopedia
Mobile Site http://wikipedia.7val.com/  
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SevenVal WikiPedia

With Sevenal’s smart content rerendering engine, WikiPedia becomes accessible to anyone viewing and adding to it from a mobile device. All the settings, options and languages are supported and all of the content, including the images, is now made to fit on the small screen.

WHO WOULD USE IT?

If you are that someone aching for more knowledge all the time, WikiPedia is for you. Having 24-7 access to all the ins and outs will prove invaluable for when you’re doing those pub quizzes.

Whether you are just in need of information some of the time, or actively participating in the WikiPedia community, you will find the optimized view a big help when browsing content a heavy site such as this.

WALK THROUGH

Since Sevenval’s WikiPedia is a mobile website, getting started with WikiPedia is as simple as adding a bookmark to your favourite browser.

Tip : If you are an avid user of WikiPedia, and you are on mobile phone with Symbian S60, you may prefer to set the bookmark as an active standby item (Main Menu > Settings > Phone > Standby Mode > active Standby Apps on a Nokia N80) so it will appear on your idle home screen.

Once you’ve set up the bookmark you can choose to log, which will let you manage your preferences, watch list, contributions, and post messages in the My Talk section.

If you haven’t created an account yet, but would like to make full use of the features of WikiPedia, you can do so with just your handset. Simply follow the instructions and you’ll be set up in no time.



Features
WikiPedia Search
Fully accessible
Optimized for small screen
Recommendations
Flat-rate tariff, Symbian S60 OS
Pros
Easy to browse
Up to date content
Worlds biggest encyclopedia
Cons
Pages can be lengthy
Accuracy is arguable
Content resizing can render some images useless
Verdict
WikiPedia is arguably the most useful source of information to have in your pocket, and Sevenval has delivered a solution which works quite well. There is a lot of information to be displayed, which can lead to endless scrolling on some topics, but rest assured none of the information has been left out.
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