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Don't panic! - the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes to PDAs and smartphones

5 replies · 3,690 views · Started 15 April 2005

It's the real thing, too. Well, H2G2, anyway. Kind of Wikipedia, but smaller. And with a bit more humour. And it's all online here, optimised for mobile devices. Whatever next, a Symbian electronic thumb?

Ewan wrote:This must be a Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays...

Perhaps because, as a Scot, you pronounce it 'thirsty'... too close to Friday for comfort.

SwitchBlade wrote:The major downside is the need to be online to use it. Maybe an offline browsable version is in order....

But being online is a big attraction here. It's always available and doesn't use up 100s of MB of expansion card. Now if only there were a PDA-optimised version of Wikipedia... Ewan? Anyone?

Steve

I don't see the attraction of it being online, yeah it means it can be always uptodate but I don't mind syncing it. I'd rather not have to spend money to reference it.