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Wikipedia Widget debuts

1 replies · 3,247 views · Started 06 January 2010

Coming out of the Symbian Foundation's developer wiki system is a handy Wikipedia widget that installs on any Symbian-powered smartphone with Web runtime (so that's most of them). Search results are all optimised for the small screen and it seems a quick and efficient way to access Wikipedia's content. I've included some screenshots from the widget below.

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Hi Steve,

To add a little to the story, this was a "Symbian Idea" that we've looked to make into reality. The original idea http://ideas.symbian.org/Idea/View?ideaid=2091 can be found here. The app on the wiki is an alpha version that we're hoping to get feedback on.

Two ideas from the site have just moved into development. The Wikipedia app and an idea to pause music when headphones are disconnected http://ideas.symbian.org/Idea/View?ideaid=1787 (will be available in Symbian^3).

- Freddie